How to pronounce pose

Love words? Try a free round: no sign-up, about two minutes. Play free

What pose means

verb

Most people know pose in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To ask or bring up a question or problem

In a sentence: Our teacher likes to pose a tricky riddle at the end of every lesson.

Where it comes from: This meaning comes from old shortened forms of appose and oppose, which once meant to question someone. It is a different word from pose, to hold still, which comes from a French word meaning to put or place.

Can you spot the real meaning? Play Wordfib

One free round, no sign-up. Wordfib shows a word and four meanings: one real, three fibs.

All Wordfib words →