"posturing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: posturings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} posturing (plural posturings)
  1. The assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude. Translations (assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude): postureig [masculine] (Catalan), Inszenierung [feminine] (German), postureo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-posturing-en-noun-1GuvvuB~ Disambiguation of 'assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude': 99 1
  2. The behaviour of some birds as a means of signalling etc.
    Sense id: en-posturing-en-noun-FWHrFhT7

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} posturing
  1. present participle and gerund of posture Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: posture
    Sense id: en-posturing-en-verb-d~2C~C4F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 21 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 19 68

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for posturing meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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