Definition of position

noun (n)

• the particular portion of space occupied by something (noun.location)

  Synonym: place
  

  source: wordnet30
• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons (noun.location)

  Synonym: military position
  

  source: wordnet30
• a way of regarding situations or topics etc. (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: perspective, view
  

  source: wordnet30
• the arrangement of the body and its limbs (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: attitude, posture
  

  source: wordnet30
• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (noun.state)

  Synonym: status
  

  Example:
  Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a job in an organization (noun.act)

  Synonym: berth, billet, office, place, post, situation, spot
  

  source: wordnet30
• the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: spatial relation
  

  Example:
  The position of the hands on the clock.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the appropriate or customary location (noun.location)

  Example:
  The cars were in position.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (noun.act)

  Example:
  What position does he play?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of putting something in a certain place (noun.act)

  Synonym: emplacement, locating, location, placement, positioning
  

  source: wordnet30
• a condition or position in which you find yourself (noun.state)

  Synonym: situation
  

  Example:
  The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a rationalized mental attitude (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: posture, stance
  

  source: wordnet30
• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute (noun.communication)

  Synonym: side
  

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• an item on a list or in a sequence (noun.communication)

  Example:
  Moved from third to fifth position.
  

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• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another (noun.act)

  Synonym: lieu, place, stead
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation (verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• put into a certain place or abstract location (verb.contact)

  Synonym: lay, place, pose, put, set
  

  source: wordnet30
• To indicate the position of; to place. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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