āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
straddle
/stÉšËÃĻdÉâl/
to straddle
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āĻĒāĻž āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻž, āĻāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĒāĻž āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϏāĻž
to sit with one leg on either side of an object
Transitive: to straddle sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While fishing, the angler skillfully was straddling the boat's edge to maintain balance.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āύā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to span or extend across a particular area
Transitive: to straddle an expanse of space
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mountain range appeared to straddle the horizon, creating a breathtaking panorama for hikers.
āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāύā§āϤāĻā§ āĻāĻŦā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻž āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to adopt or maintain an ambiguous or equivocal stance about an issue
Transitive: to straddle an issue
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Facing a divisive policy debate, the representative chose to straddle the issue.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Straddle
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āĻĒāĻž āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻāϰā§āĻšāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ
the act of sitting or standing astride
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āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāϞ, āĻĄāĻŦāϞ āĻ āĻĒāĻļāύ
the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
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āĻĒāĻž āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāϞ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
a gymnastics position where the legs are spread wide apart while seated or standing, often with the torso upright
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stretched her legs into a wide straddle for her routine on the parallel bars.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āϰā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāϏā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨāĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
a noncommittal or equivocal position
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