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How to pronounce pose in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms present
Type of constitute, represent, make up, be, comprise


This poses an interesting question.
Type Words
Synonyms amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Type of confuse, befuddle, throw, bedevil, confound, fuddle, discombobulate, fox
Has types elude, stump, escape, mix up, riddle
Derivation poser
Type Words
Synonyms affectation, affectedness, mannerism
Type of pretending, simulation, feigning, pretence, pretense
Has types radical chic, attitude
Type Words
Synonyms lay, place, position, put, set
Type of displace, move
Has types poise, posit, position, postpose, prepose, put back, put down, put in, rack up, recess, recline, replace, repose, reposition, rest, seat, seed, set, set down, set up, settle, settle down, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, sit, sit down, situate, snuggle, sow, space, stand, stand up, step, stick in, stratify, superimpose, superpose, tee, tee up, throw, thrust, trench, underlay, upend, appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, dispose, docket, emplace, enclose, ensconce, fix, glycerolise, glycerolize, ground, imbricate, inclose, insert, instal, install, intersperse, introduce, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lay, lay over, lean, load, marshal, middle, misplace, nestle, parallelize, park, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, place down, place upright, plant
Type Words
Synonyms model, posture, sit
Type of display, exhibit, expose
Has types ramp
Derivation poser, posing


We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often.
Type Words
Synonyms posture
Type of conduct, comport, deport, carry, acquit, behave, bear
Has types attitudinize, attitudinise
Type Words
Synonyms impersonate, personate
Type of lead astray, deceive, betray
Has types masquerade
Derivation poser


She posed as the Czar's daughter.
Type Words
Synonyms airs
Type of affectedness
Type Words
Type of attitude, posture, position

Examples of pose

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Despite the growing popularity of e-books, they pose a challenge for publishers.
From the time.com
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stopped by to pose for photographs and make a speech.
From the latimes.com
They also don't like to pose for photos, speak at conferences, or accept awards.
From the businessweek.com
Practicing the tree pose can help you feel centered and focus your mental state.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Dress up in period costumes, pose with the museum cow and have your photo taken.
From the dailyherald.com
Drilling for shale gas may pose a safety hazard if there are water wells nearby.
From the newscientist.com
Browsing the bookstore shelves can pose grim challenges for the ordinary mortal.
From the kentucky.com
The camel pose helps lift one's mood, open one's heart, and deepen one's breath.
From the theepochtimes.com
One particular species, the silver carp, can pose an even more immediate threat.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Airs: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on airs with me"
  • Present: introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
  • Model: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
  • Affectation: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  • Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
  • Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"
  • Human position refers to a position of a human body.
  • In computer vision and in robotics, a typical task is to identify specific objects in an image and to determine each object's position and orientation relative to some coordinate system. ...
  • "Pose" (Vogue in Spanish) is the first single by Puerto Rico reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee from the movie soundtrack to the motion picture Talento de Barrio, and was released on May 14, 2008, by Machete Music and El Cartel Records. ...