Plural of stance
regular plural
The plural of stance is stances.
Forms of stance
| Singular | stance /stæns/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | stances |
| Countable | countable |
Stances in a sentence
- With regard to defining sprachbunds, two different stances can be distinguished.2005, Bernd Heine, Tania Kuteva, “On Linguistic Areas”, in Language Contact and Grammatical Change (Cambridge Approaches to Language…. From the entry sprachbund
- She identified three different stances: playing in screenland, art in screenland, and writing in screenland.2000, Maureen Patricia Carroll, Whitecaps on the Keyboard, page 20. From the entry screenland
- He lay so still that the trout returned to their stances beside the stone sterlings.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19. From the entry leat
- There is nothing left wing about alternative medicine, the rejection of scientific research or ostensibly anti-authoritarian stances against state regulation.2021 October 20, Vashti Fox, “It’s time to confront the anti-vaccination far right”, in Red Flag, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2021. From the entry conspiritualism
- But might environmental scholars and activists find it in themselves to muster some sympathy for these, shall we say, "complicated" stances?2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 42. From the entry postfactual
Meaning of stance
- noun The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
- noun One's opinion or point of view.
- noun A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
Questions about the plural of stance
- What is the plural of stance?
- The plural of stance is stances.
- Is stance countable?
- Stance is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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