Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - stance

(stances) 1. Your stance on a particular matter is your attitude to it. The Congress had agreed to reconsider its stance on the armed struggle... = position N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp 2. Your stance is the way that you are standing. (FORMAL) Take a comfortably wide stance and flex your knees a little... = position N-COUNT: usu sing, supp N