adj
Meaning 1
Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unruffled
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
poised
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Ready, prepared.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he drew his gun in a smooth arc.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Balanced, in position, in equilibrium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of poise
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
in full control of your faculties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination
- perfectly poised and sure of himself
- more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen
- strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collected, equanimous, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a gull in poised flight
- George's poised hammer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zelfverzekerd — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Finnish: itsevarma — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- German: im Gleichgewicht — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- German: selbstsicher — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Hungarian: józan — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Hungarian: higgadt — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Italian: composto — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Romanian: încrezător — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Spanish: bien compuesto — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Spanish: de / con buena compostura — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Ukrainian: врівноважений (vrivnovaženyj) — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Ukrainian: зібраний (zibranyj) — possessing poise, having self-confidence
- Arabic: مُتَأَهَّب (mutaʔahhab) — ready, prepared
- Arabic: ّمُسْتَعِدّ — ready, prepared
- Arabic: جَاهِز (jāhiz) — ready, prepared
- Dutch: bereid — ready, prepared
- Finnish: valmis — ready, prepared
- French: prêt — ready, prepared
- German: bereit — ready, prepared
- Hungarian: kész — ready, prepared
- Hungarian: készen — ready, prepared
- Italian: pronto — ready, prepared
- Norwegian: tilbøyelig — ready, prepared
- Romanian: gata — ready, prepared
- Romanian: pregătit — ready, prepared
- Spanish: listo — ready, prepared
- Spanish: listoco — ready, prepared
- Spanish: preparado — ready, prepared
- Spanish: presto — ready, prepared
- Spanish: aprestado — ready, prepared
- Spanish: aparejado — ready, prepared
- Swedish: beredd — ready, prepared
- Swedish: redo — ready, prepared
- Ukrainian: готовий (hotovyj) — ready, prepared
- Arabic: تَوَازُن (tawāzun) — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- German: im Gleichgewicht — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- German: das Gleichgewicht haltend — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- German: ausbalanciert — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- German: in der Waage — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- Romanian: cumpănit — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- Russian: равнове́сный (ravnovésnyj) — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- Ukrainian: збалансований (zbalansovanyj) — balanced, in position, equilibrium
- Ukrainian: зрівноважений (zrivnovaženyj) — balanced, in position, equilibrium