to pose
- verb
- /poʊz/
- I mean, Casey recently said that TikTok poses an existential threat to YouTube.
- pose a question
- pose a problem
- pose a challenge
This should be something that poses a problem for us.
- This should be something that poses a problem for us.
- The first question is posed first to Parker.
- Do these applications or the development of these robots pose any issues?
- Radio and television posed a new challenge.
- It's going to pose to the United States a challenge.
- My colleagues in geology pose the question and I didn't have a good answer.
- Instead, they say, well, it poses no physical or intelligence risk.
- And the toughest part about this question you posed is this.
Examples
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Do these applications or the development of these robots pose any issues?
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So rising sea levels pose a clear and present threat.
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We have so many things that pose risk to us on a given day.
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Had you ever thought about the questions posed in Question 1 before just now?
Academic text (2017) -
I wanted to start really by posing a question.
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So the challenge that Glaucon poses to you is the following.
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Well, the question he does pose is... if God created the world, how do we know what things we can change, and what things must remain sacred and inviolable?
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The return of the Taliban to Afghanistan would pose a major threat to India's security.
Academic text (2011) -
Finding the population from which to select a sample posed several methodological and logistical difficulties.
Academic text (2008) -
The teacher posed a difficult question for the students to discuss during class.
Synonyms
Introduce information or ideas to a group
To suggest an idea or plan for others to consider
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Etymology
Pose comes from the old French poser and the Latin ponere, meaning 'to put' or 'place'. So to pose a question is to 'put' a problem or idea before people to think about.