condition with reference to place; location; situation.
2.
a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position.
3.
the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position.
4.
situation or condition, esp. with relation to favorable or unfavorable circumstances: to be in an awkward position; to bargain from a position of strength.
5.
status or standing: He has a position to maintain in the community.
6.
high standing, as in society; important status: a person of wealth and position.
7.
a post of employment: a position in a bank.
8.
manner of being placed, disposed, or arranged: the relative position of the hands of a clock.
9.
bodily posture or attitude: to be in a sitting position.
10.
mental attitude; stand: one's position on a controversial topic.
the arrangement of tones in a chord, esp. 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.
b.
any of the places on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument where the fingers stop the strings to produce the variouspitches.
c.
any of the places to which the slide of a trombone is shifted to produce changes in pitch.
15.
Finance. a commitment to buy or sell securities: He took a large position in defense stocks.
16.
Classical Prosody. the situation of a short vowel before two or more consonants or their equivalent, making the syllable metrically long.
–verb (used with object)
17.
to put in a particular or appropriate position; place.
18.
to determine the position of; locate.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME posicioun a positing (< AF) < L positiōn- (s. of positiō) a placing, etc. See posit, -ion]
—Related forms
po·si·tion·al, adjective
po·si·tion·less, adjective
—Synonyms 2. station, locality, spot. 5. rank. 7.Position,job,place,situation refer to a post of employment. Position is any employment, though usually above manual labor: a position as clerk. Job is colloquial for position, and applies to any work from lowest to highest in an organization: a job as cook, as manager. Place and situation are both mainly used today in reference to a position that is desired or being applied for; situation is the general word in the business world: Situations Wanted; place is used rather of domestic employment: He is looking for a place as a gardener. 8. placement, disposition, array, arrangement. 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, esp. 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. 12. proposition, hypothesis, postulate, thesis; dictum, assertion, predication, contention; doctrine, principle. 17. situate.
The right or appropriate place: The bands are in position for the parade's start.
A strategic area occupied by members of a force: The troops took up positions along the river.
The way in which something is placed: the position of the clock's hands.
The arrangement of body parts; posture: a standing position.
Sports The area for which a particular player is responsible.
The arrangement of the pieces or cards at any particular time in a game such as chess, checkers, or bridge.
The act or process of positing.
A principle or proposition posited.
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
The way in which something is placed: the position of the clock's hands.
The arrangement of body parts; posture: a standing position.
Sports The area for which a particular player is responsible.
The arrangement of the pieces or cards at any particular time in a game such as chess, checkers, or bridge.
The act or process of positing.
A principle or proposition posited.
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
An advantageous place or location: jockeys maneuvering for position.
A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances: in a position to bargain.
A point of view or attitude on a certain question: the mayor's position on taxes.
Social standing or status; rank.
A post of employment; a job.
Sports The area for which a particular player is responsible.
The arrangement of the pieces or cards at any particular time in a game such as chess, checkers, or bridge.
The act or process of positing.
A principle or proposition posited.
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
The act or process of positing.
A principle or proposition posited.
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
tr.v.
po·si·tioned, po·si·tion·ing, po·si·tions
To put in place or position.
To determine the position of; locate.
[Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō, positiōn-, from positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
po·si'tion·al adj., po·si'tion·al·ly adv., po·si'tion·er n.
c.1374, as a term in logic and philosophy, from O.Fr. posicion, from L. positionem (nom. positio) "act or fact of placing, position, affirmation," from posit-, pp. stem of ponere "put, place," from PIE *po-s(i)nere, from *apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + *sinere "to leave, let," of obscure origin. Meaning "manner in which a body is arranged or posed" first recorded 1703; specifically in ref. to dance steps, 1778, sexual intercourse, 1883. Meaning "official station, employment" is from 1890. The verb meaning "to put in a particular position" is recorded from 1817.
the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
2.
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons [syn: military position]
3.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
4.
the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
5.
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn: status]
6.
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
7.
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "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; "the cars were in position"
9.
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
10.
the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement]
11.
a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" [syn: situation]
12.
a rationalized mental attitude
13.
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question" [syn: side]
14.
an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" [syn: place]
15.
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead]
16.
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
verb
1.
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
2.
put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put]
An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. Alternate angles. See Alternate. Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines. External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. Facial angle. See under Facial. Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure. Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line. Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. Optic angle. See under Optic. Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines. Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
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