Definitions for position
pəˈzɪʃ ənpo·si·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 9 votes

1. position, placenoun

   the particular portion of space occupied by something

   "he put the lamp back in its place"

2. military position, positionnoun

   a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

3. position, view, perspectivenoun

   a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

   "consider what follows from the positivist view"

4. position, posture, attitudenoun

   the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

5. status, positionnoun

   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"

6. position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situationnoun

   a job in an organization

   "he occupied a post in the treasury"

7. position, spatial relationnoun

   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. positionnoun

   the appropriate or customary location

   "the cars were in position"

9. positionnoun

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

   "what position does he play?"

10. placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacementnoun

    the act of putting something in a certain place

11. situation, positionnoun

    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"

12. position, stance, posturenoun

    a rationalized mental attitude

13. side, positionnoun

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

    "there are two sides to every question"

14. place, positionnoun

    an item on a list or in a sequence

    "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"

15. stead, position, place, lieunoun

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

    "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

16. positionverb

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

17. positionverb

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

18. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

    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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

1. positionnoun

   A place or location.

2. positionnoun

   A post of employment; a job.

3. positionnoun

   A status or rank.

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

4. positionnoun

   An opinion, stand or stance.

   My position on this issue is unchanged.

5. positionnoun

   A posture.

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

6. positionnoun

   A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

   Stop running all over the field and play your position!

7. positionnoun

   An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm or institution.

   Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position.

8. positionverb

   To put into place.

9. Etymology: From position, from positio, from ponere, past participle positus; see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Positionnoun

   Etymology: position, Fr. positio, Latin.

   1. State of being placed; situation.

   Iron having stood long in a window, being thence taken, and by the help of a cork balanced in water, where it may have a free mobility, will bewray a kind of inquietude till it attain the former position. Henry Wotton.

   They are the happiest regions for fruits, by the excellence of soil, the position of mountains, and the frequency of streams. William Temple.

   Since no one sees all, and we have different prospects of the same thing, according to our different positions to it, it is not incongruous to try whether another may not have notions that escaped him. John Locke.

   By varying the position of my eye, and moving it nearer to or farther from the direct beam of the sun’s light, the colour of the sun’s reflected light constantly varied upon the speculum as it did upon my eye. Isaac Newton, Opticks.

   We have a different prospect of the same thing, according to the different position of our understandings toward it. Isaac Watts.

   Place ourselves in such a position toward the object, or place the object in such a position toward our eye, as may give us the clearest representation of it; for a different position greatly alters the appearance of bodies. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. Principle laid down.

   Of any offence or sin therein committed against God, with what conscience can ye accuse us, when your own positions are, that the things we observe should every one of them be dearer unto us than ten thousand lives. Richard Hooker.

   Let not the proof of any positions depend on the positions that follow, but always on those which go before. Isaac Watts.

   3. Advancement of any principle.

   A fallacious illation is to conclude from the position of the antecedent unto the position of the consequent, or the remotion of the consequent to the remotion of the antecedent. Bro.

   4. [In grammar.] The state of a vowel placed before two consonants, as pómpous; or a double consonant, as áxle.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. position

   Position refers to the location or placement of an object, person, or idea in relation to other objects or points of reference. It can also refer to a person's status or rank within a particular context or organization. In a physical sense, position can be described by using coordinates or landmarks to identify the exact location of something. In a more abstract sense, position can often refer to someone's perspective, viewpoint, or stance on a particular topic or issue.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Positionnoun

   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

2. Positionnoun

   the spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position

3. Positionnoun

   hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position

4. Positionnoun

   relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position

5. Positionnoun

   a method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error

6. Positionverb

   to indicate the position of; to place

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Position

   po-zish′un, n. place, situation: attitude: a place taken or to be taken by troops: state of affairs: the ground taken in argument or in a dispute: principle laid down: place in society: method of finding the value of an unknown quantity by assuming one or more values (single, when one is assumed; double, when two).—v.t. Posit (poz′it), to place in right position or relation: to lay down as something true or granted.—adj. Posi′tional.—Strategic position, a position taken up by troops to check the movements of an enemy. [Fr.,—L.—ponĕre, positum, to place.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. position

   Ground (or water) occupied, or that may be advantageously occupied, in fighting order.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. position

   A specific place or location.

   The position was clearly indicated on the map.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. position

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Matched Categories

1. • Attitude
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'position' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #395

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'position' in Written Corpus Frequency: #651

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'position' in Nouns Frequency: #107

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'position' in Verbs Frequency: #956

Anagrams for position »

1. sopition

How to pronounce position?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of position in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of position in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of position in a Sentence

1. Bryce Ballew:

   I don't think someone would be telling the truth if they said they're not nervous about starting a full-time teaching position, but if I had completed seven more weeks, I don't know that I would feel any more prepared.

2. Rob Portman:

   I'm not going to change my position, because it's based on the principle of this nominee having the possibility of reshaping the court for generations, and I think it's best to allow the American people to weigh in on that.

3. Johnson NYCFC captain:

   I just wanted to make sure that we stayed level, we’ve been in that position before. I told the guys that we have the experience, not to panic, not to get down on ourselves, because there’s more of an opportunity to go forward and win the game.

4. Austin Cindric:

   Certainly a pretty intense moment they're racing for the win of the Daytona 500, it's the one that everybody wants to win, it’s one that everybody wants to win, and Bubba Wallace has been able to put Bubba Wallace into position a lot of years in a row now. Just try to position Austin Cindric to where I can be close enough to still make those blocks and still make those moves to be at the lead at the start-finish line.

5. Dan Crenshaw:

   We didn’t lose the war, we didn’t end the war, but we did give up a strategic position in that war, in that fight, it will now be extremely difficult to deter or deny terrorist safe-havens.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=position
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Position
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=position
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/position
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=position
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=position