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pose

 
 
/pəʊz/ noun

Definition

POSITION [C] the position that you stay in while someone photographs or paints you: an elegant pose
PRETENDING [no plural] when someone pretends to be more clever or interesting than they really are: She's not really interested in art, it's just a pose.
(Definition of pose noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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