position
/pʌzˈɪʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
Noun
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Noun
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
Noun
the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
Noun
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
Noun
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Noun
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
Noun
the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"
Noun
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
Noun
the act of putting something in a certain place
Noun
a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
Noun
a rationalized mental attitude
Noun
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
Noun
an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
Noun
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
Noun
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Verb
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Verb
put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
Synonyms
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
More General Terms
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
More Specific Terms
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
leftfield
left-handedness
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
middle
mid-off
mid-on
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