Commentary: ATTITUDE[+state][+mental][+viewpoint][+habitual]
Examples:
Let's try to keep a positive attitude about this situation.
The new mayor has a tough attitude on street crime.
It is difficult to change attitudes instilled by generations of prejudice.
He projects a bad attitude about everything at work.
Changing latitude can change one's attitude, especially in the winter.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: ATTITUDE[+state][+physical][+posture][+body]
Examples:
The statue was in an attitude of repose, with the arms resting in the lap.
Sally can maintain the attitude of a full headstand for ten minutes.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: ATTITUDE[+activity][+gesture][+characterization][+theatrical]
Examples:
You need to strike a certain attitude to play the villain in that Victorian melodrama.
The man resumed the attitude of a limping pauper.
The children maintained the attitudes of different jungle animals, growling and jumping and twisting.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: ATTITUDE[+location][+spatial][+relative][+orientation][+craft][+flying]
Examples:
The plane's attitude was such that it was flying upside-down relative to the ground.
The attitude of the space shuttle made its track appear to follow a parabola across the sky.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: ATTITUDE[+action][+behavior][+assertive]
NOTE: implies genuine behavioral traits, not imitative of others (see Sense 3)
Examples:
I asked the waiter for a fork and all I got was attitude.
Those kids on the street corner have a lot of attitude.
It's an all-terrain vehicle with some attitude! (figurative extension)
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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1b, 1c
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
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