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Noun: position  pu'zi-shun
  1. The particular portion of space occupied by something
    "he put the lamp back in its position";
    - place
     
  2. The spatial property of a place where (or way in which) something is situated
    "the position of the hands on the clock";
    - spatial relation
     
  3. A job in an organization
    "he occupied a position in the treasury";
    - post, berth, office, place, situation
     
  4. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
    "atheists do not enjoy a favourable position in American life";
    - status
     
  5. (military) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
    "The soldiers fortified their military position on the hilltop";
    - military position
     
  6. A way of regarding situations or topics etc.
    "consider how that will come across from a conservative position";
    - view, perspective
     
  7. The arrangement of the body and its limbs
    "he assumed a position of surrender";
    - posture, attitude
     
  8. The appropriate or customary location
    "the cars were in position"
     
  9. The act of putting something in a certain place
    "The position of the furniture made the room feel more spacious";
    - placement, location, positioning, emplacement
     
  10. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
    "what position does he play?"
     
  11. A condition or position in which you find yourself
    "the unpleasant position of having to choose between two evils";
    - situation
     
  12. A particular attitude, opinion, viewpoint, or policy on an issue
    "She took a strong position against the proposed legislation";
    - stance, posture
     
  13. An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
    "there are two positions to every question";
    - side
     
  14. An item on a list or in a sequence
    "moved from third to fifth position";
    - place
     
  15. The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    "She assumed the position of department head";
    - stead, place, lieu
     
  16. 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"
Verb: position  pu'zi-shun
  1. Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
    "The manager positioned the new employee in the sales department"
     
  2. 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