Posture and Standing

Posture

Posture noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

Usage example: claims that the country's defense posture is weak

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Standing and posture are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Standing" instead a noun "Posture".

Nearby Words: posturing, postured, postural

Standing noun - High position within society.

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Posture and standing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Posture" instead a noun "Standing".

Nearby Word: stand

human	human posture	human standing
good	good posture	good standing
best	best posture	best standing
long	long posture	long standing
Other adjectives: exact, poor, large, bad, general, political, red.

In Donkey Kong 64, however, he always walks on two legs, yet still has the typical posture of a gorilla when he's just standing.

Source: Four Legs Good, Two Legs Better
May also be that the rage is the only reason they're still standing if it's toward the end of an Unstoppable Rage and they're completely exhausted, not wasting energy on posture.

Source: Limp and Livid
This is caused by his abysmal posture - he looks fairly normal when standing fully upright, but he's in obvious strain when doing so.

Source: Webcomic / Whomp!

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