attitude
Etymology
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Etymology
From French attitude, from Italian attitudine, from Medieval Latin aptitūdō and actitūdō ("acting, posture"), from Latin aptō and actitō.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /ˈætɪˌtjuːd/
- (America) IPA: /ˈætɪˌtud/, [ˈæɾɪˌtud]
- (Philippines) IPA: /ˌatɪˈt͡ʃud/
- (Pakistan) IPA: /ˈɛːtɪtˌjuːd/
attitude
- The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
- Synonyms: posture, stance
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 145 ↗:
- 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.
- (figurative) Disposition or state of mind.
- Don't give me your negative attitude.
- You've got a nice attitude today.
- (North America, UK, Philippines, informal) Unpleasant behavior.
- He doesn't take attitude from anybody.
- I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.
- (aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
- Synonyms: trim, orientation
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
- (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
- French: posture
- German: Haltung
- Italian: atteggiamento, postura, comportamento
- Portuguese: postura
- Russian: по́за
- Spanish: postura, actitud
- French: état d'esprit, attitude
- German: Einstellung, Attitüde
- Italian: atteggiamento, approccio, propensione, mentalità
- Portuguese: atitude
- Russian: отноше́ние
- Spanish: actitud
- German: Orientierung, Ausrichtung
attitude (attitudes, present participle attituding; simple past and past participle attituded)
- To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
- 1971, Advances in Astronautical Sciences, American Astronautical Society, Volume 29, Part 2, page 395 ↗:
- The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
- To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
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