POSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posing mean? 

• POSING (noun)
  The noun POSING has 1 sense:

1. (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

  Familiarity information: POSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

posing; sitting

Context example:

he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting

Hypernyms ("posing" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Derivation:

pose (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

 Context examples 

Posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.

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