poised

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɪzd/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪzd

Adjective

poised (comparative more poised, superlative most poised)

1. Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
2. Ready, prepared.

   He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he drew his gun in a smooth arc.

   • 2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     A free-kick from Matthew Etherington caused more confusion on the stroke of half-time but Mehmet Aurelio was able to hook the ball clear with Cameron Jerome poised to strike.

3. Balanced, in position, equilibrium
   • 1934 January, Hanson W[eightman] Baldwin, “R. M. S. Titanic”, in Harper’s Magazine, volume 168, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, section II, page 176, column 2:

     The Titanic stands on end, poised briefly for the plunge.

Translations

possessing poise, having self-confidence

• Finnish: itsevarma (fi)
• German: im Gleichgewicht, selbstsicher (de)
• Hungarian: józan (hu), higgadt (hu)
• Italian: composto (it)
• Romanian: încrezător (ro)
• Ukrainian: врівноважений m (vrivnovaženyj), зібраний m (zibranyj)

ready, prepared

• Arabic: مُتَأَهَّب (mutaʔahhab), ّمُسْتَعِدّ, جَاهِز (jāhiz)
• Finnish: valmis (fi)
• French: prêt (fr)
• German: bereit (de)
• Hungarian: kész (hu), (part of a verb phrase) készen (hu)
• Italian: pronto (it)
• Norwegian: tilbøyelig
• Romanian: gata (ro), pregătit (ro)
• Spanish: listo (es)
• Swedish: beredd (sv), redo (sv)
• Ukrainian: готовий (uk) m (hotovyj)

balanced, in position, equilibrium

• Arabic: تَوَازُن (tawāzun)
• German: im Gleichgewicht (de), das Gleichgewicht haltend, ausbalanciert, in der Waage
• Romanian: cumpănit (ro)
• Russian: равнове́сный (ru) n (ravnovésnyj)
• Ukrainian: збалансований m (zbalansovanyj), зрівноважений m (zrivnovaženyj)

Verb

poised

1. simple past and past participle of poise

Anagrams

• posied