The meaning of Posing

Posing – definition

verb
Present or constitute (a problem or danger).
Usage examples:
The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area
Synonims:
Constitute Present Create Cause Produce Give rise to Lead to Result in
verb
Assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
Usage examples:
The prime minister posed for photographers
Synonims:
Be a model Model Sit Take up a position Assume an attitude Strike a pose
verb
Pretend to be (someone or something).
Usage examples:
An armed gang posed as policemen to ambush a postman
Synonims:
Pretend to be Impersonate Pass oneself off as Be disguised as Masquerade as Profess to be Purport to be Set oneself up as Assume/feign the identity of Pass for Represent oneself as Personate
verb
Behave affectedly in order to impress others.
Usage examples:
Some people like to drive kit cars, but most just like to pose in them
Synonims:
Behave affectedly Strike an attitude Strike a pose Posture Attitudinize Put on airs Put on an act Show off Cop an attitude

verb
Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.
Usage examples:
We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

noun
A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
Usage examples:
Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

noun
A particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression.
Usage examples:
The man dropped his pose of amiability

Posing translation into English

Posing: translate from English into Chinese

摆姿势

Posing: translate from English into Dutch

Poseren

Posing: translate from English into French

Posant

Posing: translate from English into German

Posiert, Angeberei

Posing: translate from English into Hindi

मुद्राओं का

Posing: translate from English into Italian

In posa

Posing: translate from English into Korean

포즈를 취하는

Posing: translate from English into Russian

Позирует

Posing: translate from English into Spanish

Posando

Word origin

early 16th century: shortening of obsolete appose, from Old French aposer, variant of oposer ‘oppose’.

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Posing – similar words

posed

verb
Present or constitute (a problem or danger).
Usage examples:
The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area

verb
Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.
Usage examples:
We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

noun
A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
Usage examples:
Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

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pose

verb
Present or constitute (a problem or danger).
Usage examples:
The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area

noun
A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
Usage examples:
Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

verb
Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.
Usage examples:
We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

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Posing synonims

attitudinize

verb
Adopt or express a particular attitude or attitudes, typically just for effect.
Usage examples:
Her column is an exercise in smug attitudinizing

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cause

noun
A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.
Usage examples:
The cause of the accident is not clear

verb
Make (something, especially something bad) happen.
Usage examples:
This disease can cause blindness

conjunction
Short for because.

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constitute

verb
Be (a part) of a whole.
Usage examples:
Lone parents constitute a great proportion of the poor

verb
To be or be considered as
Usage examples:
The president said that these policies constitute a threat to the united states., asians constitute…

verb
To be the parts that form something
Usage examples:
Economy travellers constitute about 80% of the airline's business., giving feedback on individual s…

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create

verb
Bring (something) into existence.
Usage examples:
He created a thirty-acre lake

verb
Bring into existence

verb
To cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative
Usage examples:
He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made., the new hotel is expected to creat…

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impersonate

verb
Pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud.
Usage examples:
It's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer

verb
To intentionally copy another person’s speech, appearance, or behavior
Usage examples:
To impersonate a movie star, he was charged with impersonating a police officer.

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model

noun
A three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
Usage examples:
A model of st paul's cathedral

verb
A simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions.
Usage examples:
A statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species

verb
A representation of something, often on a smaller scale

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pass for

phrasal verb
Be accepted as or taken for a particular kind of person or thing.
Usage examples:
He could pass for a native of sweden

phrasal verb
To appear to be something or someone else, or try to make others believe that they are
Usage examples:
These watches are good-quality fakes, and would pass for the genuine article in a store.

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personate

verb
Play the part of (a character in a drama).
Usage examples:
Here was our village cobbler in a french uniform, personating the general

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posture

noun
The position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting.
Usage examples:
I got out of the car in an alert posture

verb
Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.
Usage examples:
A billionaire posturing as a hero of the working class

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present

adjective
In a particular place.
Usage examples:
A doctor must be present at the ringside

noun
The period of time now occurring.
Usage examples:
They are happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present

verb
Give or award formally or ceremonially.
Usage examples:
The duke presented certificates to the men

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produce

verb
Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.
Usage examples:
The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun
Agricultural and other natural products collectively.
Usage examples:
Dairy produce

verb
Bring forth or yield

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show off

idiom
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

phrasal verb
Display someone or something that is a source of pride.
Usage examples:
Her jeans were tight-fitting, showing off her compact figure

phrasal verb
Boastfully display one's abilities or accomplishments.
Usage examples:
He was showing off, trying to make a really big impression

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sit

verb
Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.
Usage examples:
I sat next to him at dinner

noun
A period of sitting.
Usage examples:
A sit in the shade

verb
Take a seat

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