attitude

Definizione monolingua

attitude

attitude (third-person singular simple present attitudes, present participle attituding, simple past and past participle attituded)

1. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To act with a strong attitude.
2. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
   • 1823, Felix MDonogh, The Hermit Abroad, Volume 1, page 122,

     […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers ; […]

   • 1837, William E. Burton, The Gentlemans Magazine, Volume 1, page 123,

     Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in […]

   • 1971, American Astronautical Society, Advances in Astronautical Sciences, 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.

3. To express an attitude through ones posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
   • 2002, Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter, page 33,

     He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.

   • 2008, Yvonne Müller, ""The Absentee"": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworths Novel, page 12,

     The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.

   • 2010, R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later, page 82,

     I was really tripping, cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.

attitude (plural attitudes)

1. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.

   The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude, ...

2. Disposition or state of mind.

   ... but had a lazy attitude to work.

3. A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.

   ""Dont give me your attitude.""

   ""Youve got some attitude, girl !""

4. (aeronautics) The orientation of an aircraft or other vehicle relative to the horizon, direction of motion etc.

   The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.

5. (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
   • 2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134,

     Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.

Definizione dizionario attitude

	atteggiamento
	Complesso stato mentale che comprende posizioni ideologiche o politiche, sentimenti e valori e la disposizione a comportarsi in un certo modo.
	A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.

posizione

	posa
	A position of the body.

assetto

attitudine

attitùdine

intenzione

opinione

portamento

punto di vista

Altri significati:

(aeronautics) The orientation of an aircraft or other vehicle relative to the horizon, direction of motion etc.

To act with a strong attitude.

The position of the body or way of carrying oneself

disposition or state of mind

measures (to take)

A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.

Manner of behaving oneself; manner of acting.

Disposition or state of mind.

The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.