stance

Meanings

Plural: stances

Noun

standing posture
a rationalized mental attitude
The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
One's opinion or point of view.
A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
A stanza.

Verb

To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English staunce (“place to stand; battle station; position; standing in society; circumstance, situation; stanchion”), from Old French estance (“predicament; situation; sojourn, stay”) (compare modern French stance (“stanza; position one stands in when golfing”)), from Italian stanza (“room, standing place; stanza”), from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”). The word is cognate with Spanish estante (“shelf”) and a doublet of stanza.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Synonyms

position, posture, stand

Scrabble Score: 8

stance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

stance is a valid Words With Friends word