Definition of
Position
- (noun, location) the particular portion of space occupied by something
- (noun, location) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- (noun, cognition) a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- (noun, attribute) the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- (noun, state) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
the novel attained the status of a classic
atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life - (noun, act) a job in an organization
- (noun, attribute) the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage - (noun, location) the appropriate or customary location
- (noun, act) (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- (noun, act) the act of putting something in a certain place
- (noun, state) a condition or position in which you find yourself
found herself in a very fortunate situation - (noun, cognition) a rationalized mental attitude
- (noun, communication) an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- (noun, communication) an item on a list or in a sequence
moved from third to fifth position - (noun, act) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
took his place
in lieu of - (noun, act) the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- (verb, motion) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
- (verb, contact) put into a certain place or abstract location
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point
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Synonyms of Position
attitude, berth, billet, emplacement, lay, lieu, locating, location, military position, office, perspective, place, placement, pose, positioning, post, posture, put, set, side, situation, spatial relation, spot, stance, status, stead, view
Alternate forms of Position
Derivations: posit, position, positioner, positioning
Hyponyms: academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, aim, ambassadorship, angular position, anomaly, anteriority, apostleship, appose, apposition, apprenticeship, arrange, arrangement, asana, associateship, attorneyship, back, bailiffship, ballet position, bar sinister, baronetage, barrel, bastardy, bed, behalf, bird's eye view, bishopry, bottle, bucket, butt, cadetship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, cardinalship, caste, catcher, center, center field, centerfield, centrality, chair, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, clap, cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot, clerkship, cock, coffin, coincidence, collocation, command, commandership, commandery, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counsellorship, counselorship, cram, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, cutting edge, dead center, dead centre, deanery, deanship, decubitus, deploy, deposit, dignity, direct, direction, directorship, discipleship, dispose, docket, dress, ectopia, editorship, elbow room, eldership, election, emirate, emplace, enclose, ensconce, episcopate, equality, equation, equivalence, erectness, eversion, externality, face, fatherhood, feudal lordship, fingering, first, first base, fix, footing, forefront, foremanship, forward, front, futurism, generalcy, generalship, glycerolise, glycerolize, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, governorship, gradient, ground, guard, half-mast, half-staff, hard line, headship, high ground, high profile, high status, holy order, horizontality, hot seat, illegitimacy, imbricate, implantation, inclination, inclose, incumbency, insert, inspectorship, instal, install, instructorship, internship, interposition, intersperse, intervention, introduce, inwardness, jar, judgeship, judicature, juxtapose, juxtaposition, khanate, ladle, landmark, lay, lay over, lead, leadership, lean, leaning, lectureship, left, left field, left-handedness, leftfield, legal status, legateship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lie, lieutenancy, light, line, line up, lineman, list, lithotomy position, load, lose, lotus position, low status, lowliness, lowness, magistracy, magistrature, malposition, managership, manhood, marginality, marshal, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, mid-off, mid-on, middle, mislay, misplace, misplacement, missionary position, moderatorship, mound, nationality, nestle, netkeeper, nobility, noblesse, northernness, occlusion, order, order arms, ordination, orient, orientation, outwardness, overlordship, panoramic view, par, paradigm, parallelize, park, pastorate, pastorship, peasanthood, pedestal, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, pitch, pitcher, place, place down, place upright, placement, plant, planting, plum, point of view, poise, pole position, polls, pose, posit, position, post, posteriority, postpose, postposition, poverty trap, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, prelature, premiership, prepose, preposition, presentation, presidency, presidentship, pride of place, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulate, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, public office, put back, put down, put in, rabbinate, rack up, rank, rear, receivership, recess, recline, rectorate, rectorship, regency, replace, repose, reposition, repositioning, residency, rest, retirement, right, right field, rightfield, room, rulership, sainthood, seat, second, second base, secretaryship, seed, seigneury, seigniory, senatorship, set, set down, set up, setting, settle, settle down, shelve, ship, shoes, short, shortstop, sight, sign, sinecure, siphon, sit, sit down, site, situate, situation, slope, slot, snuggle, social rank, social station, social status, solicitorship, soup, southernness, sow, space, speakership, sprawl, sprawling, square, stance, stand, stand up, standing, standpoint, station, step, stewardship, stick in, straddle, stratification, stratify, studentship, stymie, stymy, superimpose, superpose, superposition, take, take aim, teachership, tee, tee up, terms, thaneship, third, third base, throne, throw, thrust, tilt, toehold, train, treasurership, trench, tribuneship, trusteeship, tuck, underlay, upend, uprightness, vanguard, vantage, verticality, verticalness, vice-presidency, viceroyship, viewpoint, viziership, wardenship, wardership, way, weltanschauung, wing, womanhood, world view
Hypernyms: activity, assumption, attitude, bodily property, business, condition, displace, function, item, job, lay, line, line of work, mental attitude, move, occupation, office, opinion, orientation, part, place, point, pose, position, put, relation, role, set, state, status, view
Origin of the word Position
- late 14c., as a term in logic and philosophy, from O.Fr. posicion, from L. positionem (nom. positio) "act or fact of placing, position, affirmation," from posit-, pp. stem of ponere "put, place," from PIE *po-s(i)nere, from *apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + *sinere "to leave, let," of obscure origin. Meaning "manner in which … more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Position
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