- n. the act of positing (view details)
- n. a job in an organization (view details)
- n. the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another (view details)
- n. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (view details)
- n. the act of putting something in a certain place or location (view details)
- n. the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated (view details)
- n. position or arrangement of the body and its limbs (view details)
- n. a rationalized mental attitude (view details)
- n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc. (view details)
- n. an item on a list or in a sequence (view details)
- n. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute (view details)
- n. the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object (view details)
- n. the appropriate or customary location (view details)
- n. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons (view details)
- n. a condition or position in which you find yourself (view details)
- n. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (view details)
- v. put into a certain place or abstract location (view details)
- v. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) the act of positing, an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
position is a kind of: assumption ( what does assumption stand for? )
position is derived from: posit, postulate ( what does postulate stand for? )
Meaning 2: (noun) a job in an organization
Usage Example(s): he occupied a post in the treasury
Synonym(s): berth ( what does berth stand for? ), billet ( what does billet stand for? ), office ( what does office stand for? ), place ( what does place stand for? ), post ( what does post stand for? ), situation ( what does situation stand for? ), spot ( what does spot stand for? )
position is a kind of: business ( what does business stand for? ), job ( what does job stand for? ), line ( what does line stand for? ), line of work ( what does line of work stand for? ), occupation ( what does occupation stand for? )
position is derived from: base ( what does base stand for? ), function ( what does function stand for? ), locate ( what does locate stand for? ), officiate ( what does officiate stand for? ), place, post, send ( what does send stand for? ), site ( what does site stand for? ), station ( what does station stand for? )
Meaning 3: (noun) the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Usage Example(s): can you go in my stead?, in lieu of, took his place
Synonym(s): lieu ( what does lieu stand for? ), place, stead ( what does stead stand for? )
position is a kind of: function, office, part ( what does part stand for? ), role ( what does role stand for? )
Meaning 4: (noun) (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Usage Example(s): what position does he play?
position is a kind of: role
Meaning 5: (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Synonym(s): emplacement ( what does emplacement stand for? ), locating ( what does locating stand for? ), location ( what does location stand for? ), placement ( what does placement stand for? ), positioning ( what does positioning stand for? )
position is a kind of: activity ( what does activity stand for? )
position is derived from: deposit ( what does deposit stand for? ), emplace ( what does emplace stand for? ), fix ( what does fix stand for? ), lay ( what does lay stand for? ), locate, place, pose ( what does pose stand for? ), posit, position ( what does position stand for? ), put ( what does put stand for? ), set ( what does set stand for? ), settle ( what does settle stand for? ), site, situate ( what does situate stand for? )
Meaning 6: (noun) the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
Usage Example(s): he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage, the position of the hands on the clock
Synonym(s): spatial relation ( what does spatial relation stand for? )
position is a kind of: relation ( what does relation stand for? )
Attribute(s): anterior ( what does anterior stand for? ), exterior ( what does exterior stand for? ), external ( what does external stand for? ), inner(a) ( what does inner(a) stand for? ), interior ( what does interior stand for? ), internal ( what does internal stand for? ), outer(a) ( what does outer(a) stand for? ), posterior ( what does posterior stand for? )
position is derived from: position
Meaning 7: (noun) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
Usage Example(s): he assumed an attitude of surrender
Synonym(s): attitude ( what does attitude stand for? ), posture ( what does posture stand for? )
position is a kind of: bodily property ( what does bodily property stand for? )
Attribute(s): erect ( what does erect stand for? ), unerect ( what does unerect stand for? ), upright ( what does upright stand for? ), vertical ( what does vertical stand for? )
position is derived from: attitudinise ( what does attitudinise stand for? ), attitudinize ( what does attitudinize stand for? ), model ( what does model stand for? ), pose, posture, sit ( what does sit stand for? )
Meaning 8: (noun) a rationalized mental attitude
Synonym(s): posture, stance ( what does stance stand for? )
position is derived from: stand ( what does stand stand for? )
Meaning 9: (noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Usage Example(s): consider what follows from the positivist view
Synonym(s): perspective ( what does perspective stand for? ), view ( what does view stand for? )
position is derived from: consider ( what does consider stand for? ), look at ( what does look at stand for? ), reckon ( what does reckon stand for? ), regard ( what does regard stand for? ), see ( what does see stand for? ), view
Meaning 10: (noun) an item on a list or in a sequence
Usage Example(s): in the second place, moved from third to fifth position
Synonym(s): place
position is derived from: come in ( what does come in stand for? ), come out ( what does come out stand for? ), grade ( what does grade stand for? ), order ( what does order stand for? ), place, range ( what does range stand for? ), rank ( what does rank stand for? ), rate ( what does rate stand for? )
Meaning 11: (noun) an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
Usage Example(s): there are two sides to every question
Synonym(s): side ( what does side stand for? )
Meaning 12: (noun) the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
Usage Example(s): he put the lamp back in its place
Synonym(s): place
Attribute(s): left ( what does left stand for? ), right ( what does right stand for? )
position is derived from: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Meaning 13: (noun) the appropriate or customary location
Usage Example(s): the cars were in position
position is derived from: position
Meaning 14: (noun) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Synonym(s): military position ( what does military position stand for? )
Meaning 15: (noun) a condition or position in which you find yourself
Usage Example(s): found herself in a very fortunate situation, the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
Synonym(s): situation
Meaning 16: (noun) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Usage Example(s): atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life, he had the status of a minor, the novel attained the status of a classic
Synonym(s): status ( what does status stand for? )
Attribute(s): dominant ( what does dominant stand for? ), low-class ( what does low-class stand for? ), low-level ( what does low-level stand for? ), lower-class ( what does lower-class stand for? ), middle-class ( what does middle-class stand for? ), subordinate ( what does subordinate stand for? ), upper-class ( what does upper-class stand for? )
Meaning 17: (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage Example(s): Place emphasis on a certain point, Put your things here, Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children, Set the tray down
Synonym(s): lay, place, pose, put, set
Worth Checking: apply ( what does apply stand for? ), arrange ( what does arrange stand for? ), array ( what does array stand for? ), assemble ( what does assemble stand for? ), bring down ( what does bring down stand for? ), communicate ( what does communicate stand for? ), debark ( what does debark stand for? ), defer ( what does defer stand for? ), discharge ( what does discharge stand for? ), disembark ( what does disembark stand for? ), drop ( what does drop stand for? ), ensnare ( what does ensnare stand for? ), entrap ( what does entrap stand for? ), erect, frame ( what does frame stand for? ), gaol ( what does gaol stand for? ), hold over ( what does hold over stand for? ), immure ( what does immure stand for? ), imprison ( what does imprison stand for? ), incarcerate ( what does incarcerate stand for? ), jail ( what does jail stand for? ), jug ( what does jug stand for? ), knock back ( what does knock back stand for? ), lag ( what does lag stand for? ), land ( what does land stand for? ), lay, lay out ( what does lay out stand for? ), pass ( what does pass stand for? ), pass on ( what does pass on stand for? ), piece ( what does piece stand for? ), post, postpone ( what does postpone stand for? ), prorogue ( what does prorogue stand for? ), put across ( what does put across stand for? ), put away ( what does put away stand for? ), put back ( what does put back stand for? ), put behind bars ( what does put behind bars stand for? ), put down ( what does put down stand for? ), put off ( what does put off stand for? ), put on ( what does put on stand for? ), put over ( what does put over stand for? ), put together ( what does put together stand for? ), put up ( what does put up stand for? ), raise ( what does raise stand for? ), range, rear ( what does rear stand for? ), remand ( what does remand stand for? ), remit ( what does remit stand for? ), replace ( what does replace stand for? ), repose ( what does repose stand for? ), rig ( what does rig stand for? ), set back ( what does set back stand for? ), set down ( what does set down stand for? ), set out ( what does set out stand for? ), set up ( what does set up stand for? ), shelve ( what does shelve stand for? ), table ( what does table stand for? ), tack ( what does tack stand for? ), tack together ( what does tack together stand for? ), unload ( what does unload stand for? )
position is derived from: arrangement ( what does arrangement stand for? ), blank space ( what does blank space stand for? ), emplacement, locating, location, place, placement, position, positioner ( what does positioner stand for? ), positioning, rotary actuator ( what does rotary actuator stand for? ), set, setting ( what does setting stand for? ), space ( what does space stand for? ), spot, topographic point ( what does topographic point stand for? )
Meaning 18: (verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
position is derived from: emplacement, locating, location, place, placement, position, positioner, positioning, rotary actuator, spatial relation
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