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Supination is an English word with synonyms like rotation or pronation. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Supination in a sentence

Supination meaning

  1. The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
  2. The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm
  3. The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.

Synonyms of Supination

rotation rotary motion pronation

Related words

Other words often associated with Supination or its synonyms:

move movement motility motion revolution turning transformation sequence gyration succession turn

Using Supination

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back. | The act of rotating the forearm so that the palm of the hand is turned up or forward, or the resulting state of the forearm | The act or state of combined adduction and inversion of the foot.
  • Useful related words include: rotation, rotary motion, pronation.
  • In the example corpus, supination often appears in combinations such as: supination and.

Context around Supination

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

forearm 1× forward 1×

Sentence patterns with Supination

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

capable of supination and can 1× faces forward supination 1× flexion and supination in the 1× flexion forearm supination and wrist 1× pronation to supination of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the flexion synergy 1× the muscle produces 1× they are capable 1× this could involve 1× this muscle is 1×

Common sentence endings:

and finger flexion 1× faces forward supination 1× of the forearm 1× of the leg 1× tail around them 1×

Words around Supination

Just before it in the word index:

supilinn 2 supica 2 suphan 2 supes 36 superzoom 4 superyachts 12

Just after it in the word index:

supine 18 supinski 3 supiori 2 suplee 3 suplex 332 suplexed 18

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Supination

  • In this selection, "supination" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, forearm and forward stand out and add context to how "supination" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include capable of supination and can and faces forward supination. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "supination" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with supination

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This could involve rapidly switching from pronation to supination of the forearm. (12 words)

This muscle is responsible for rotating the hand so its palm faces forward ( supination ). (14 words)

They are capable of supination and can even hang down from branches only by bending their hind paws and their tail around them. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The flexion synergy for the upper extremity includes scapular retraction and elevation, shoulder abduction and external rotation, elbow flexion, forearm supination, and wrist and finger flexion. (26 words)

The muscle produces simultaneous plantar flexion and supination in the non-weight-bearing leg, and approximates the heel to the calf of the leg. (24 words)

They are capable of supination and can even hang down from branches only by bending their hind paws and their tail around them. (23 words)

Example sentences (5)

The flexion synergy for the upper extremity includes scapular retraction and elevation, shoulder abduction and external rotation, elbow flexion, forearm supination, and wrist and finger flexion.

The muscle produces simultaneous plantar flexion and supination in the non-weight-bearing leg, and approximates the heel to the calf of the leg.

They are capable of supination and can even hang down from branches only by bending their hind paws and their tail around them.

This could involve rapidly switching from pronation to supination of the forearm.

This muscle is responsible for rotating the hand so its palm faces forward ( supination ).

Common combinations with supination

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "supination" in a sentence?
An example: "The flexion synergy for the upper extremity includes scapular retraction and elevation, shoulder abduction and external rotation, elbow flexion, forearm supination, and wrist and finger flexion." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "supination" from authentic English texts.
What does "supination" mean?
Supination means: The act or state of lying face upward, on one's back.
What are synonyms of "supination"?
Common synonyms of "supination" include: rotation, rotary motion, pronation.
How many example sentences with "supination" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "supination", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.