attitude
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
Etymology: From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.
Inflected forms:
form: attitudes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: attitudes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: attituding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: attituded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: attituded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude.
gloss: A disposition or state of mind.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Don't give me your negative attitude.
You've got a nice attitude today.
The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards.
It's up to your attitude / To show the real you / 'Cause it's in your eyes, love / Here where the truth resides, oh-woah-ho
gloss: Unpleasant behavior.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Philippines
UK
US
countable
informal
uncountable
examples: He doesn't take attitude from anybody.
I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.
And if a nigga get a attitude / Pop it like it's hot
I thought you were fine, so fine / But your shitty fuckin' attitude / Has got me changing my mind, yeah
gloss: The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
The stern planes are located well aft of the center of gravity of the submarine and their primary purpose is attitude (trim) control
Scratches should be closely analyzed to determine the attitudes of the boats at the time of initial contact.
The main aim of the development of the smart antenna model is to stabilize attitude of the antenna which is mounted on a platform or host structure.
gloss: A position similar to an arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
pos: verb
examples: […] 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;[…]
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 […]
The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
gloss: To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
pos: verb
examples: He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
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.
Derived words: aircraft attitude
attitude-adjuster
attitude check
attitude indicator
attitude reflects leadership
attitude-y
attitudinal
attitudy
baditude
brattitude
catitude
cattitude
dickitude
nonattitude
pomitude
positive mental attitude
pro-attitude
propositional attitude
tortitude
tude
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