English Explanatory Dictionary

position

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place or location.
  2. A post of employment; a job.
  3. A status or rank.
  4. An opinion, stand, or stance.
  5. A posture.
  6. A situation suitable to perform some action.
  7. A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  8. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
  9. 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.
  10. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
  11. The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  12. The order in which players are seated around the table.
verb
  1. To put into place.

Pronunciation

/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ [pəˈzɪʃ.n̩] en-us-position.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-position.wav /pəˈzəʃ.ən/ [pəˈzəʃ.n̩] /poːˈziː.ʃən/ /ˈpɵ.zɪ.ʃən/

Word forms

position positions positioning positioned

Etymology

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

Synonyms

stead stell adjust disrupt disturb move place position put relocate reposition set shift station transfer transpose

Related words

ponent pose posish posit positional positive

Derived words

adposition ambiposition bipositionality circumposition contraposition counterposition dextroposition extraposition foreposition geoposition infraposition juxtaposition juxta-position like-positioned malposition midposition misposition multiposition outposition paleoposition postposition preposition reposition retroposition positionable → positionability positional → positionally positionless possie pozzy assume the position cash position crucifix position diaper position early position emergency position indicating radio beacon emergency position indicating radio-beacon emergency position indicating radiobeacon estimated position hollow position jockey for position late position make position middle position orthopneic position podium position position argument position effect position-independent code position-independent executable position limit position of strength position paper position sense position trader position trading position vector put someone in a false position reverse cowgirl position root position sniffing position

Translations

Bulgarian: позиция Finnish: positio
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