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Meaning of 'position' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Position [ n.]
- The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
- The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
- Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
- Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
- A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
2 . Position [ v. t.]
- To indicate the position of; to place.

Meaning of 'position' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . position [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Example in sentence:
  • atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life;
  • he had the status of a minor;
  • the novel attained the status of a classic
Meaning (2):
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Example in sentence:
  • can you go in my stead?;
  • in lieu of;
  • took his place
Meaning (3):
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Example in sentence:
  • consider what follows from the positivist view
Meaning (4):
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
Example in sentence:
  • found herself in a very fortunate situation;
  • the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
Meaning (5):
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
Example in sentence:
  • he assumed an attitude of surrender
Meaning (6):
- a job in an organization
Example in sentence:
  • he occupied a post in the treasury
Meaning (7):
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
Example in sentence:
  • he put the lamp back in its place
Meaning (8):
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
Example in sentence:
  • he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage;
  • the position of the hands on the clock
Meaning (9):
- an item on a list or in a sequence
Example in sentence:
  • in the second place;
  • moved from third to fifth position
Meaning (10):
- the appropriate or customary location
Example in sentence:
  • the cars were in position
Meaning (11):
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
Example in sentence:
  • there are two sides to every question
Meaning (12):
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Example in sentence:
  • what position does he play?
13 . position [ v]
Meaning (13):
- put into a certain place or abstract location
Example in sentence:
  • Place emphasis on a certain point;
  • Put your things here;
  • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children;
  • Set the tray down

Nearby Words:

pose posed poser posied posies posing posingly posit posited positing

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