<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the position or bearing of the body while standing: standing.</li><li>legs spread in a wide stance; the threatening stance of the bull.</li><li>a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something: They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy.</li><li>Sports: the relative position of the feet, as in addressing a golf ball or in making a stroke.</li></ul>