position — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A place or location.

   Synonyms

   stead

   Examples

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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.

   Examples

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

4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

   Examples

   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.

   Examples

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

6. A situation suitable to perform some action.

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   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.

   Examples

   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.

   Examples

   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.

    Examples

    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.

   Examples

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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.

Noun

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

   Synonyms

   place

   Broader terms

   point

   Examples

   he put the lamp back in its place

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

   Synonyms

   military position

   Broader terms

   point

3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

   Synonyms

   viewperspective

   Broader terms

   orientation

   Examples

   consider what follows from the positivist view

4. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   Synonyms

   postureattitude

   Broader terms

   bodily property

   Examples

   he assumed an attitude of surrender

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

   Synonyms

   status

   Broader terms

   state

   Examples

   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

   Synonyms

   postberthofficeplacesituation

   Broader terms

   occupationbusinessjobline of workline

   Examples

   he occupied a post in the treasury

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

   Synonyms

   spatial relation

   Broader terms

   relation

   Examples

   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

   Broader terms

   point

   Examples

   the cars were in position

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

   Broader terms

   role

   Examples

   what position does he play?

10. the act of putting something in a certain place

    Synonyms

    placementlocationlocatingpositioningemplacement

    Broader terms

    activity

11. a condition or position in which you find yourself

    Synonyms

    situation

    Broader terms

    conditionstatus

    Examples

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

    found herself in a very fortunate situation

12. a rationalized mental attitude

    Synonyms

    stanceposture

    Broader terms

    attitudemental attitude

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

    Synonyms

    side

    Broader terms

    opinionview

    Examples

    there are two sides to every question

14. an item on a list or in a sequence

    Synonyms

    place

    Broader terms

    itempoint

    Examples

    in the second place

    moved from third to fifth position

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

    Synonyms

    steadplacelieu

    Broader terms

    functionofficepartrole

    Examples

    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

    Broader terms

    assumption

Verb

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

   Broader terms

   putsetplaceposelay

2. put into a certain place or abstract location

   Synonyms

   putsetplaceposelay

   Broader terms

   movedisplace

   Examples

   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