to pose
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6.5
- verb
- /poʊz/
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afectarse
- He likes to pose as a successful businessman, but the truth is he struggles to make ends meet.
- a posed smile
She I mean what you when somebody's posing, I mean, you want them to be present.
- She I mean what you when somebody's posing, I mean, you want them to be present.
- But it's, it's like this massive contrast and you've got the Asian people with the, with their iPads out, you know, posing in full suits.
- Yeah, like guys who pose like their fits on like, TikTok and Instagram, It's always, they all mustache.
Examples
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You just pose like one.
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My date brought a toy gun so he could pose like James Bond for the picture.
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Well, one day, they asked me to pose for a trade journal in a suit that they were marketing, and an agent came and signed me up.
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Rachel makes her entrance and poses self-mockingly on the landing above the crowd, accepting applause.
Fiction book (1992) -
Patrons sat in small groups as if they were posing for a brochure.
Fiction book (2000) -
The first photograph shows Onuma and his companion Ronald posing together for a portrait.
Academic text (2012) -
To impress the audience, she always tries to pose as someone more knowledgeable than she really is.
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Many social media influencers pose as experts in their fields, even when they lack real qualifications.
Synonyms
41
5.5
To walk proudly to attract attention
28
4.8
To walk proudly with lively steps to get attention
12
7.7
To show off something to impress other people, often on social media
10
7.7
To pretend to be more important or clever than you are
4
8.4
Act as if you are better than other people
3
7.7
To confidently show your skills or style to impress people
1
9.9
Act in a showy way to impress people
1
7.5
To behave so others notice you in an embarrassing way
To act in a way that is not natural to impress others
To show things in a way that makes people admire you
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Etymology
Pose comes from the old French poser and the Latin ponere, meaning 'to put' or 'place'. A helpful image is someone 'putting on' a role like a coat, so to pose is to act in a showy or artificial way to impress others.