stature

  • 11stature — noun 1 height ADJECTIVE ▪ imposing, tall ▪ diminutive, short, slight, small ▪ physical VERB + STATURE …

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  • 12stature — (sta tu r ) s. f. 1°   Hauteur de la taille d une personne. Il est de grande stature, de moyenne stature. •   Sur l arène soudain on voit paraître un homme Dont la stature noble et la mâle beauté Alliaient la jeunesse avec la majesté, SAURIN… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 13Stature — La stature, ou taille humaine, est la hauteur d un être humain. Elle se calcule généralement au centimètre près avec le Système international d unités et au demi pouce près avec le Système impérial. Bien souvent, si on la compare aux autres… …

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  • 14stature — n. 1) imposing stature (a person of imposing stature) 2) the stature to + int. (does she have the stature to run for national office?) * * * [ stætʃə] imposing stature (a person of imposing stature) the stature to + inf. (does she have the… …

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  • 15stature — [[t]stæ̱tʃə(r)[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with poss, of supp N, in N Someone s stature is their height. It s more than his physical stature that makes him remarkable... Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall... She was a little short …

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  • 16stature — stat|ure [ˈstætʃə US ər] n [U] written [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin statura, from status; STATE1] 1.) the degree to which someone is admired or regarded as important of world/international/national stature ▪ Armstrong was a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17STATURE — s. f. Hauteur de la taille d une personne. Il est de grande stature, de moyenne stature. Il est d une stature colossale …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 18STATURE — n. f. Hauteur de la taille d’une personne. Il est de grande stature, de moyenne stature. Il est d’une stature colossale …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 19stature — stat|ure [ stætʃər ] noun uncount FORMAL 1. ) the amount of public respect or popularity that someone or something has: a man/woman of stature gain/grow/rise in stature: He s a writer who has grown in stature over the last few years. 2. ) someone …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20stature — UK [ˈstætʃə(r)] / US [ˈstætʃər] noun [uncountable] formal 1) the amount of public respect or popularity that someone or something has a man/woman of stature gain/grow/rise in stature: He s a writer who has grown in stature over the last few years …

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