1. Causing to fall into line or into position
   "The positioning laser helped position the machinery correctly";
   - aligning

1. The act of putting something in a certain place
   "The positioning of the furniture made the room feel more spacious";
   - placement, location, position, emplacement

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: positionings

See also: apply, bring down, gaol [Brit], knock back [informal], orientating, orienting, put across, put down, put together, put up, replace, shelve

Type of: activity, displace, move

Encyclopedia: Positioning, navigation, and timing