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# posture

«posture» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way you hold your body when you stand, sit or walk** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (posture, postures); verb (posture — to pretend or show off, less common)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Posture is the way you hold your body when you stand, sit or walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#m1)

2) Posture can also mean the attitude someone shows towards something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and health lessons children learn that good posture (straight back, shoulders relaxed, feet flat) helps the back and breathing; slouching over screens can cause aches. In stories posture tells how a character feels: a slumped posture shows sadness, an upright one shows confidence. Phrases: good posture, bad posture, sit up straight, improve your posture.

### examples

- Sit up straight — good posture protects your back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x1)
- His tired posture showed he had had a long day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x2)
- Carrying a heavy bag on one shoulder is bad for your posture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x3)
- Dancers work hard on their posture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x4)
- Check your posture when you use a laptop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x5)
- The cat's posture changed when it saw the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x6)
- Arden was long in this posture when he died; but though he was dead Naois would not let him go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable: «good posture». Do not confuse with «pasture» (a field of grass for animals) or «poster». Good posture is about a natural, balanced position, not being stiff.

### In the corpora

- [There is no single perfect posture; changing position often and getting up to move about every half hour is good for the body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «posture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/posture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.