Noun: position pu'zi-shun
- The particular portion of space occupied by something
"he put the lamp back in its position";
- place
- The spatial property of a place where (or way in which) something is situated
"the position of the hands on the clock";
- spatial relation
- A job in an organization
"he occupied a position in the treasury";
- post, berth, office, place, situation
- The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
"atheists do not enjoy a favourable position in American life";
- status
- (military) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
"The soldiers fortified their military position on the hilltop";
- military position
- A way of regarding situations or topics etc.
"consider how that will come across from a conservative position";
- view, perspective
- The arrangement of the body and its limbs
"he assumed a position of surrender";
- posture, attitude
- The appropriate or customary location
"the cars were in position"
- The act of putting something in a certain place
"The position of the furniture made the room feel more spacious";
- placement, location, positioning, emplacement
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
"what position does he play?"
- A condition or position in which you find yourself
"the unpleasant position of having to choose between two evils";
- situation
- A particular attitude, opinion, viewpoint, or policy on an issue
"She took a strong position against the proposed legislation";
- stance, posture
- An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
"there are two positions to every question";
- side
- An item on a list or in a sequence
"moved from third to fifth position";
- place
- The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
"She assumed the position of department head";
- stead, place, lieu
- The act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
"The philosopher's position on free will formed the basis of his ethical theory"
- Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
"The manager positioned the new employee in the sales department"
- Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
"position your things here";
- put, set, place, pose, lay
Derived forms: positioned, positions, positioning
See also: anterior, apply, bring down, dominant, erect, exterior, external, gaol [Brit], inner, interior, internal, knock back [informal], left, low-class, lower-class, low-level, middle-class, outer, posh [Brit, informal], posterior, put across, put down, put together, put up, replace, right, shelve, subordinate, subsidiary, unerect, upper-class, upright, vertical
Type of: activity, assumption, attitude, bodily property, business, condition, displace, function, item, job, line, line of work, mental attitude, move, occupation, office, opinion, orientation, part, point, relation, role, state, status, view
Encyclopedia: Position, navigation, and timing