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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stance \Stance\ (st[a^]ns), n. [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
     1. A stanza. [Obs.] --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Golf, Baseball) The position of a player's feet, relative
        to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke
        or at bat.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     4. the mental attitude, position, or approach a person adopts
        in respect to something.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stance \Stance\, n. (Golf)
     The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and
     to the ball, when he is making a stroke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stance \Stance\, n. [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
     1. A stanza. [Obs.] --Chapman.
  
     2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stance
       n 1: standing posture
       2: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, posture]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η στάση, η θέση, ο τρόπος που αντιμετωπίζει κάποιος κάτι
     2 η στάση, η θέση, ο τρόπος που στέκεται κανείς

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     n.
     1 The manner, pose#Noun, or posture#Noun in which one stand#Verb.
     2 One's opinion or point of view.
     3 A place#Noun to stand; a position#Noun, a site#Noun, a
  station#Noun.
     4 # (lb en specifically climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set
  up a belay#Noun.
     5 (lb en Scotland) A place for bus#Noun or taxi#Noun to await
  passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
     6 (lb en Scotland) A place where a fair#Noun or market#Noun is held;
  a location where a street trader can carry on business.
     7 (lb en obsolete rare) A stanza.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive Scotland) To place#Verb, to position#Verb, to
  station#Verb; (lb en specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or
  pen#Noun in preparation for sale.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     n.
     1 The manner, pose#Noun, or posture#Noun in which one stand#Verb.
     2 One's opinion or point of view.
     3 A place#Noun to stand; a position#Noun, a site#Noun, a
  station#Noun.
     4 # (lb en specifically climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set
  up a belay#Noun.
     5 (lb en Scotland) A place for bus#Noun or taxi#Noun to await
  passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
     6 (lb en Scotland) A place where a fair#Noun or market#Noun is held;
  a location where a street trader can carry on business.
     7 (lb en obsolete rare) A stanza.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive Scotland) To place#Verb, to position#Verb, to
  station#Verb; (lb en specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or
  pen#Noun in preparation for sale.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     n.
     1 The manner, pose#Noun, or posture#Noun in which one stand#Verb.
     2 One's opinion or point of view.
     3 A place#Noun to stand; a position#Noun, a site#Noun, a
  station#Noun.
     4 # (lb en specifically climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set
  up a belay#Noun.
     5 (lb en Scotland) A place for bus#Noun or taxi#Noun to await
  passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
     6 (lb en Scotland) A place where a fair#Noun or market#Noun is held;
  a location where a street trader can carry on business.
     7 (lb en obsolete rare) A stanza.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive Scotland) To place#Verb, to position#Verb, to
  station#Verb; (lb en specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or
  pen#Noun in preparation for sale.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     n.
     1 The manner, pose#Noun, or posture#Noun in which one stand#Verb.
     2 One's opinion or point of view.
     3 A place#Noun to stand; a position#Noun, a site#Noun, a
  station#Noun.
     4 # (lb en specifically climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set
  up a belay#Noun.
     5 (lb en Scotland) A place for bus#Noun or taxi#Noun to await
  passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
     6 (lb en Scotland) A place where a fair#Noun or market#Noun is held;
  a location where a street trader can carry on business.
     7 (lb en obsolete rare) A stanza.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive Scotland) To place#Verb, to position#Verb, to
  station#Verb; (lb en specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or
  pen#Noun in preparation for sale.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     Englanti n.
     1 asento
     2 asenne, näkemys, suhtautuminen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stance
     Engelska n.
     ståndpunkt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stance /stˈans/
  الموقف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  stance //stæns// //stɑːns// 
  1. сто́йка
  manner, pose, or posture in which one stands
  2. пози́ция
  opinion or point of view