Straddle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈstrædl|
Brit.
|ˈstræd(ə)l|
noun
- a noncommittal or equivocal position
- a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- the act of sitting or standing astride (syn: span)
- 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
- a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- the act of sitting or standing astride (syn: span)
- 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
verb
- sit or stand astride of
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area (syn: range)
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area (syn: range)
The plants straddle the entire state
- be noncommittalExtra examples
Turkey straddles Asia and Europe.
He straddled from one huge fragment of rock to another.
We crossed the river by a long-legged bridge straddling across the river bed.
Eleven Senators answered yes, four no, and four straddled.
The plants straddle the entire state
...the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: straddle
he/she/it: straddles
present participle: straddling
past tense: straddled
past participle: straddled
I/you/we/they: straddle
he/she/it: straddles
present participle: straddling
past tense: straddled
past participle: straddled
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