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Quick definitions from WordNet (position)
▸ noun: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
▸ noun: a job in an organization
▸ noun: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player ("What position does he play?")
▸ noun: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated ("The position of the hands on the clock")
▸ noun: position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
▸ noun: a rationalized mental attitude
▸ noun: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
▸ noun: the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
▸ noun: the appropriate or customary location ("The cars were in position")
▸ noun: the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
▸ noun: an item on a list or in a sequence ("Moved from third to fifth position")
▸ noun: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
▸ noun: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
▸ noun: a condition or position in which you find yourself ("The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils")
▸ noun: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society ("Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")
▸ noun: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
▸ verb: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
▸ verb: put into a certain place or abstract location
▸ Also see positions
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to position
▸ Usage examples for position
▸ Idioms related to position (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing position
▸ Words that often appear near position
▸ Rhymes of position
▸ Invented words related to position
▸ noun: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
▸ noun: a job in an organization
▸ noun: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player ("What position does he play?")
▸ noun: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated ("The position of the hands on the clock")
▸ noun: position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
▸ noun: a rationalized mental attitude
▸ noun: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
▸ noun: the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
▸ noun: the appropriate or customary location ("The cars were in position")
▸ noun: the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
▸ noun: an item on a list or in a sequence ("Moved from third to fifth position")
▸ noun: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
▸ noun: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
▸ noun: a condition or position in which you find yourself ("The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils")
▸ noun: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society ("Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")
▸ noun: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
▸ verb: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
▸ verb: put into a certain place or abstract location
▸ Also see positions
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to position
▸ Usage examples for position
▸ Idioms related to position (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing position
▸ Words that often appear near position
▸ Rhymes of position
▸ Invented words related to position