position — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A place or location.

   Synonyme

   stead

   Beispiele

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   Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.

2. A post of employment; a job.

3. A status or rank.

   Beispiele

   Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

   Beispiele

   My position on this issue is unchanged.

   The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law.

5. A posture.

   Beispiele

   Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

6. A situation suitable to perform some action.

   Gebrauch

   • übertragen

   Beispiele

   The school is not a inposition to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.

7. A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

   Beispiele

   Stop running all over the field and play your position!

8. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.

   Beispiele

   long position

   naked position

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   For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000 position in USD/CHF, you'll need to have at least $2,000 of available margin to hold the position ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).

9. A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.

10. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

11. The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

    Beispiele

    The following problem-like position occurred in an over-the-board game at a base in Korea:

12. The order in which players are seated around the table.

13. A pin; a connector.

Verb

1. To put into place.

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   While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

Substantiv

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

   Synonyme

   place

   Oberbegriffe

   point

   Beispiele

   he put the lamp back in its place

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

   Synonyme

   military position

   Oberbegriffe

   point

3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

   Synonyme

   viewperspective

   Oberbegriffe

   orientation

   Beispiele

   consider what follows from the positivist view

4. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   Synonyme

   postureattitude

   Oberbegriffe

   bodily property

   Beispiele

   he assumed an attitude of surrender

5. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

   Synonyme

   status

   Oberbegriffe

   state

   Beispiele

   he had the status of a minor

   the novel attained the status of a classic

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   atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life

6. a job in an organization

   Synonyme

   postberthofficeplacesituation

   Oberbegriffe

   occupationbusinessjobline of workline

   Beispiele

   he occupied a post in the treasury

7. the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

   Synonyme

   spatial relation

   Oberbegriffe

   relation

   Beispiele

   the position of the hands on the clock

   he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage

8. the appropriate or customary location

   Oberbegriffe

   point

   Beispiele

   the cars were in position

9. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

   Oberbegriffe

   role

   Beispiele

   what position does he play?

10. the act of putting something in a certain place

    Synonyme

    placementlocationlocatingpositioningemplacement

    Oberbegriffe

    activity

11. a condition or position in which you find yourself

    Synonyme

    situation

    Oberbegriffe

    conditionstatus

    Beispiele

    the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils

    found herself in a very fortunate situation

12. a rationalized mental attitude

    Synonyme

    stanceposture

    Oberbegriffe

    attitudemental attitude

13. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

    Synonyme

    side

    Oberbegriffe

    opinionview

    Beispiele

    there are two sides to every question

14. an item on a list or in a sequence

    Synonyme

    place

    Oberbegriffe

    itempoint

    Beispiele

    in the second place

    moved from third to fifth position

15. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

    Synonyme

    steadplacelieu

    Oberbegriffe

    functionofficepartrole

    Beispiele

    can you go in my stead?

    took his place

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    in lieu of

16. the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

    Oberbegriffe

    assumption

Verb

1. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

   Oberbegriffe

   putsetplaceposelay

2. put into a certain place or abstract location

   Synonyme

   putsetplaceposelay

   Oberbegriffe

   movedisplace

   Beispiele

   Put your things here

   Set the tray down

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   Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children

   Place emphasis on a certain point