Meaning of attitude | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
   countable, uncountable
2. posture, pose, stance
3. Disposition or state of mind.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. attitude, disposition, policy
5. A pose on one leg with corresponding arm open to side or back, other leg extended to back at 90° with knee bent, corresponding arm raised above head. The raised leg has heel touching supporting leg and the same arm as the supporting leg raised above head.
6. Unpleasant behavior.
   Canada, Philippines, UK, US, countable, informal, uncountable
7. actitud;___ of health personnel → ___ del personal de salud;
8. The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
   countable, uncountable
9. A manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition: has a positive attitude about work; kept a dignified attitude throughout the crisis.
10. A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
    countable, uncountable
11. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself: stood in a graceful attitude. See Synonyms at posture.
12. The orientation of an aircraft's axes relative to a reference line or plane, such as the horizon.
13. the way a person views something or tends to behave towards it, often in an evaluative way
14. a theatrical pose created for effect (esp in the phrase strike an attitude)
15. a position of the body indicating mood or emotion
16. informal a hostile manner: don't give me attitude, my girl.
    informal
17. (Aeronautics) the orientation of an aircraft's axes in relation to some plane, esp the horizontal. See also axis11

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Examples

“The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.”

“The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude.”

“Don't give me your negative attitude.”

“You've got a nice attitude today.”

“The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards.”

“He doesn't take attitude from anybody.”

“I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.”

“And if a nigga get a attitude / Pop it like it's hot”

“I thought you were fine, so fine / But your shitty fuckin' attitude / Has got me changing my mind, yeah”

“The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.”

“The stern planes are located well aft of the center of gravity of the submarine and their primary purpose is attitude (trim) control”

“Scratches should be closely analyzed to determine the attitudes of the boats at the time of initial contact.”

“The main aim of the development of the smart antenna model is to stabilize attitude of the antenna which is mounted on a platform or host structure.”

“Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.”

CEFR level