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English
Etymology
From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
- (General American) enPR: pə-zĭshʹ(ə)n, IPA(key): /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
- Hyphenation (UK): po‧si‧tion, pos‧i‧tion, (US): po‧si‧tion
Noun
position (plural positions)
- A place or location.
- Synonym: (obsolete) stead
- A post of employment; a job.
- A status or rank.
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- My position on this issue is unchanged.
- 1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:
- The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law.
- A posture.
- Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
- (team sports) 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!
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
Hyponyms
- anatomical position
- body position
- bubble position
- closed position
- code position
- cowgirl position
- developmental position
- eccentric position
- fetal position
- fielding position
- fifth position
- first position
- fourth position
- Fowler's position
- hinge position
- human position
- lithotomy position
- long position
- lotus position
- missionary position
- naked position
- net position
- neutral position
- occlusal position
- open position
- overnight position
- pole position
- preferred position
- prone position
- protrusive position
- qualifying position
- recovery position
- sacroanterior position
- second position
- sex position
- short position
- Sims' position
- Sims position
- spoons position
- statutory position
- third position
- Trendelenburg position
- Yoga position
Derived terms
some may also be hyponyms (one lazy Wiktionary user couldn't be bothered to sort them)
- adposition
- ambiposition
- assume the position
- bipositionality
- cash position
- circumposition
- contraposition
- counterposition
- crucifix position
- dextroposition
- early position
- emergency position indicating radio beacon
- estimated position
- extraposition
- foreposition
- geoposition
- hollow body position
- hollow position
- infraposition
- jockey for position
- juxtaposition
- juxta-position
- late position
- like-positioned
- malposition
- middle position
- midposition
- misposition
- multiposition
- orthopneic position
- outposition
- paleoposition
- podium position
- positionability
- positionable
- positional
- positionally
- position argument
- position effect
- positionless
- position limit
- position of strength
- position paper
- position sense
- position trader
- position trading
- position vector
- possie
- postposition
- pozzy
- preposition
- put someone in a false position
- reposition
- retroposition
- reverse cowgirl position
- root position
- sniffing position
- support position
- take a position
- thumb position
- tripod position
Related terms
Translations
place, location
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post of employment
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status or rank
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opinion, stand or stance
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posture
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place on a playing field
arithmetic: method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions
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Verb
position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
- To put into place.
- 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status
- While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.
- 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status
Synonyms
- stell (obsolete)
Translations
to put into place
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Further reading
- “position”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “position”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
position (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - position (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- position (poker) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
position
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French posicion, borrowed from Latin positiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
position f (plural positions)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “position”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
position c
- a place, a location, a position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
- (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Declension
| Declension of position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | position | positionen | positioner | positionerna |
| Genitive | positions | positionens | positioners | positionernas |