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posing

posing

1 2.9
A way of standing or sitting chosen for a photo
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊzɪŋ/
translation icon : posado
  • She was posing in front of the famous painting, trying to recreate its stance.

They sat like they were doing poses on the rail to go up and down.

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Examples

  • OK, anyways, back to posing and yeah, looking cute.

  • I did my second competition in 2008; I won my class, Best Posing Routine, and Overall Figure Champion.

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  • We were posing for a photo of some viewers.

  • Nothing until she started posing in this costume.

  • Looking at all those weird girls posing in outfits thinking what are they doing?

  • I was sitting here trying to take pictures of my friend posing on the counter and it broke.

  • The picture of me posing with with this so-called free fight contract.

  • The model was posing elegantly for the magazine cover.

  • He enjoyed posing with his friends at the party for pictures.

Synonyms

sitting
vsposing
34 1.0

A time when people sit together for a task like a photo or meeting

is the single act of taking a specific bodily position for appearance
attitude
vsposing
21 3.6

A position of the body held to show a feeling or idea

is assumed mainly to create a visual position for a photograph

How Spontaneous

happy snap
  • UK
1 8.2
candid
3 5.0
snapshot
61 3.1
posing
1 2.9
portraiture
1 7.5

Surface Forms

posing singular
posings plural

Morphology

posing = pose (transparent) = pose + ing

The noun 'posing' is transparently derived from the verb 'pose' with the addition of the gerund suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

The word posing comes from the old French verb poser, which meant 'to place' or 'put'. Think of the same idea in the word position: someone is 'placed' into a particular posture, so posing is arranging your body or face for a photo or portrait.