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poise

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpɔɪz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pɔɪz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(poiz; Physics pwäz)

Inflections of 'poise' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

poises: v 3rd person singular

poising: v pres p

poised: v past

poised: v past p

Collocations for "poise"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "poise" in context.

poise

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.

she is full of poise
she has a lot of poise
the [performance, piece] was full of poise
quickly recovered her poise
showed a lot of poise (when)
didn't keep her poise (when)
kept his poise under pressure
showed great poise in [giving, delivering, addressing]
great poise during [a crisis, an adverse situation]
the [dancer's, gymnast's, figure skater's] poise
takes great poise not to [fall, trip, stumble]

poised [motionless, calmly]
poised their weapons
the [lion, tiger, cat] poised itself to [spring, attack, pounce]

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