poised
- adjective
- /pɔɪzd/
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preparado
- He felt poised to make an important decision after gathering all the necessary information.
So the mixed life is not perfectly poised between these two.
- So the mixed life is not perfectly poised between these two.
- It feels really, really poised, super well balanced.
- And this is the era that we are poised to enter.
- These may be the islands of the wings of a dragonfly poised blue above a leaf.
- Remember that moment the Biden administration was poised to do another Afghanistan moment.
- Bryce whirled Hunt with her lightning poised to strike.
- And you may disagree or agree with how he's trying to do that, but maintaining peace in a city poised to explode is a is a tall order.
- That you because, and this is because reproduction is poised to be usurped by the technology industry.
Examples
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Today we are poised to invent the future.
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In four years, thousands were poised to spread across the continent with the transcontinental railroad.
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The old man sat poised and waiting, his chair directly between me and the door.
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Let us now take a closer look at this leading unit, which was poised to take the ancient world by storm.
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We gather this morning, poised between a student's past and a graduate's future.
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Now Alexander led his men into Silesia and was soon poised to cross the Noir Mountains into Syria.
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Now, since Katrina, we've spent billions relieving hurricane victims, and we're poised to spend a lot more to rebuild New Orleans.
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The gymnast stood poised on the balance beam, ready to perform her routine.
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As the runners waited at the starting line, they were poised to begin the race.
Synonyms
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3.0
Fully prepared and available to begin or help right away
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2.3
The state of being prepared to act immediately
Prepared and alert to act immediately
The body is tense and ready to face danger
Ready and available for use or action
Antonyms
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Poised comes from an old word for weight and the Latin root pendere meaning 'to hang' or 'to weigh', so it gives the picture of something held in careful balance like a pendulum. That's why if an object or person is poised they are perfectly balanced and ready to move or act.