position
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position.
the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position.
situation or condition, especially with relation to favorable or unfavorable circumstances: to be in an awkward position; to bargain from a position of strength.
status or standing: He has a position to maintain in the community.
high standing, as in society; important status: a person of wealth and position.
a post of employment: a position in a bank.
manner of being placed, disposed, or arranged: the relative position of the hands of a clock.
bodily posture or attitude: to be in a sitting position.
mental attitude; stand: one's position on a controversial topic.
the act of positing.
something that is posited.
Ballet. any of the five basic positions of the feet with which every step or movement begins and ends.: Compare first position, second position, third position, fourth position, fifth position.
Music.
the arrangement of tones in a chord, especially with regard to the location of the root tone in a triad or to the distance of the tones from each other.: Compare close position, inversion (def. 8a), open position, root position.
any of the places on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument where the fingers stop the strings to produce the variouspitches.
any of the places to which the slide of a trombone is shifted to produce changes in pitch.
Finance. a commitment to buy or sell securities: He took a large position in defense stocks.
Classical Prosody. the situation of a short vowel before two or more consonants or their equivalent, making the syllable metrically long.
to put in a particular or appropriate position; place.
to determine the position of; locate.
Origin of position
1synonym study For position
9. Position, posture, attitude, pose refer to an arrangement or disposal of the body or its parts. Position is the general word for the arrangement of the body: in a reclining position. Posture is usually an assumed arrangement of the body, especially when standing: a relaxed posture. Attitude is often a posture assumed for imitative effect or the like, but may be one adopted for a purpose (as that of a fencer or a tightrope walker): an attitude of prayer. A pose is an attitude assumed, in most cases, for artistic effect: an attractive pose.
Other words for position
Other words from position
- po·si·tion·al, adjective
- po·si·tion·less, adjective
- mis·po·si·tion, verb (used with object)
- well-po·si·tioned, adjective
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How to use position in a sentence
In the 70s, this myth kept openly gay people out of teaching positions.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic | Samantha Allen | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen they get someone high profile, like the governor [Bob McDonnell] or like Teresa, they will abuse their positions.
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’ | Michael Howard | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.
“We are just displaced, but we are still in positions to attack wherever we want,” said Jihad Yar Wazir.
Taliban: We Slaughtered 100+ Kids Because Their Parents Helped America | Sami Yousafzai | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey put them in key positions within the facility where they can look out for their own.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs | Seth Ferranti | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
On this account, great care should be taken to provide well-drained positions.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinNo doubt these very batteries are now getting back into concealed positions where our ships' guns will not be able to find them.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe nine barricaded the outer gates and placed in the best positions guns loaded with grape.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIt is merely occupied with the number of times the pulse beats per minute in different positions of the body.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The bodily positions being exhaustively enumerated need not be correlated together.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for position
/ (pəˈzɪʃən) /
the place, situation, or location of a person or thing: he took up a position to the rear
the appropriate or customary location: the telescope is in position for use
the arrangement or disposition of the body or a part of the body: the corpse was found in a sitting position
the manner in which a person or thing is placed; arrangement
military an area or point occupied for tactical reasons
mental attitude; point of view; stand: what's your position on this issue?
social status or standing, esp high social standing
a post of employment; job
the act of positing a fact or viewpoint
something posited, such as an idea, proposition, etc
sport the part of a field or playing area where a player is placed or where he generally operates
music
the vertical spacing or layout of the written notes in a chord. Chords arranged with the three upper voices close together are in close position . Chords whose notes are evenly or widely distributed are in open position: See also root position
one of the points on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, determining where a string is to be stopped
(in classical prosody)
the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
make position (of a consonant, either on its own or in combination with other consonants, such as x in Latin) to cause a short vowel to become metrically long when placed after it
finance the market commitment of a dealer in securities, currencies, or commodities: a long position; a short position
in a position (foll by an infinitive) able (to): I'm not in a position to reveal these figures
to put in the proper or appropriate place; locate
sport to place (oneself or another player) in a particular part of the field or playing area
to put (someone or something) in a position (esp in relation to others) that confers a strategic advantage: he's trying to position himself for a leadership bid
marketing to promote (a product or service) by tailoring it to the needs of a specific market or by clearly differentiating it from its competitors (e.g. in terms of price or quality)
rare to locate or ascertain the position of
Origin of position
1Derived forms of position
- positional, adjective
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