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Meanings
verb
  • present or constitute (a problem or danger).
    E.g. the sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area
  • assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
    E.g. the prime minister posed for photographers
  • pretend to be (someone or something).
    E.g. an armed gang posed as policemen to ambush a postman
  • behave affectedly in order to impress others.
    E.g. some people like to drive kit cars, but most just like to pose in them
noun
  • a way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.
    E.g. photographs of boxers in ferocious poses
  • a particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression.
    E.g. the man dropped his pose of amiability
verb
  • puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.
    E.g. we have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

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