An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
STANCE
stance
(noun) standing posture
position, stance, posture
(noun) a rationalized mental attitude
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stance (plural stances)
The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
One's opinion or point of view.
Synonyms: position, posture, stand
A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
(specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
(Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
Synonym: stand
(Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
Synonym: stand
(obsolete, rare) A stanza.
Verb
stance (third-person singular simple present stances, present participle stancing, simple past and past participle stanced)
(transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
Anagrams
• ascent, casten, enacts, scante, secant
Source: Wiktionary
Stance, n. Etym: [OF. estance. See Stanza.]
1. A stanza. [Obs.] Chapman.
2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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