straddle
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/stɚˈÃĻdə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "straddle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻž āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž, āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻĒāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž

to sit with one leg on either side of an object
Transitive: to straddle sth
to straddle definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While fishing, the angler skillfully was straddling the boat's edge to maintain balance.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to span or extend across a particular area
Transitive: to straddle an expanse of space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mountain range appeared to straddle the horizon, creating a breathtaking panorama for hikers.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϛ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧋āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to adopt or maintain an ambiguous or equivocal stance about an issue
Transitive: to straddle an issue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Facing a divisive policy debate, the representative chose to straddle the issue.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻž āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āφāϰ⧋āĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ

the act of sitting or standing astride
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§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 āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

a gymnastics position where the legs are spread wide apart while seated or standing, often with the torso upright
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stretched her legs into a wide straddle for her routine on the parallel bars.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

a noncommittal or equivocal position
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