position — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A place or location.

   Sinonimi

   stead

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

   Esempi

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

4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

   Esempi

   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.

   Esempi

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

6. A situation suitable to perform some action.

   Uso

   • figurato

   Esempi

   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.

   Esempi

   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.

   Esempi

   long position

   naked position

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

    Esempi

    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.

Verbo

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.

Sostantivo

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

   Sinonimi

   place

   Termini più generali

   point

   Esempi

   he put the lamp back in its place

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

   Sinonimi

   military position

   Termini più generali

   point

3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

   Sinonimi

   viewperspective

   Termini più generali

   orientation

   Esempi

   consider what follows from the positivist view

4. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   Sinonimi

   postureattitude

   Termini più generali

   bodily property

   Esempi

   he assumed an attitude of surrender

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

   Sinonimi

   status

   Termini più generali

   state

   Esempi

   he had the status of a minor

   the novel attained the status of a classic

   Altri esempi (1)

   atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life

6. a job in an organization

   Sinonimi

   postberthofficeplacesituation

   Termini più generali

   occupationbusinessjobline of workline

   Esempi

   he occupied a post in the treasury

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

   Sinonimi

   spatial relation

   Termini più generali

   relation

   Esempi

   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

   Termini più generali

   point

   Esempi

   the cars were in position

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

   Termini più generali

   role

   Esempi

   what position does he play?

10. the act of putting something in a certain place

    Sinonimi

    placementlocationlocatingpositioningemplacement

    Termini più generali

    activity

11. a condition or position in which you find yourself

    Sinonimi

    situation

    Termini più generali

    conditionstatus

    Esempi

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

    found herself in a very fortunate situation

12. a rationalized mental attitude

    Sinonimi

    stanceposture

    Termini più generali

    attitudemental attitude

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

    Sinonimi

    side

    Termini più generali

    opinionview

    Esempi

    there are two sides to every question

14. an item on a list or in a sequence

    Sinonimi

    place

    Termini più generali

    itempoint

    Esempi

    in the second place

    moved from third to fifth position

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

    Sinonimi

    steadplacelieu

    Termini più generali

    functionofficepartrole

    Esempi

    can you go in my stead?

    took his place

    Altri esempi (1)

    in lieu of

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

    Termini più generali

    assumption

Verbo

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

   Termini più generali

   putsetplaceposelay

2. put into a certain place or abstract location

   Sinonimi

   putsetplaceposelay

   Termini più generali

   movedisplace

   Esempi

   Put your things here

   Set the tray down

   Altri esempi (2)

   Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children

   Place emphasis on a certain point