how to pronounce posture

/ˈpɒs.tʃəɹ/

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posture is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of posture in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in a submissive posture which is …”

meanings of posture

noun:

One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
The way a person holds and positions their body.
The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
A situation or condition.

verb:

To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.
To pretend to have an opinion or a conviction.
To put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired.

posture frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word posture occurs in english on average 5.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics posture can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that posture can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;