position
See also: Position
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (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
[edit]position (plural positions)
- A place or location.
- Synonym: (obsolete) stead
- 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Recording Electric Operation”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 707:
- Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.
- 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
[edit]- 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
- serial position effect
- sex position
- short position
- Sims position
- Sims' position
- sniffing-the-morning-air position
- spoons position
- statutory position
- third position
- Trendelenburg position
- Yoga position
Derived terms
[edit]Prefixed forms
- adposition
- ambiposition
- bipositionality
- circumposition
- contraposition
- counterposition
- dextroposition
- extraposition
- foreposition
- geoposition
- infraposition
- juxtaposition (obs. juxta-position)
- like-positioned
- malposition
- midposition
- misposition
- multiposition
- outposition
- paleoposition
- postposition
- preposition
- reposition
- retroposition
Suffixed forms
Compound words and expressions
- assume the position
- cash position
- crucifix position
- early position
- emergency position indicating radio beacon
- emergency position indicating radio-beacon
- emergency position indicating radiobeacon
- estimated position
- hollow (body) position
- jockey for position
- late position
- middle position
- orthopneic position
- podium position
- position argument
- position effect
- 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
- support position
- take a position
- thumb position
- tripod position
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]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
[edit]position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
- To put into place.
- Troponym: pre-position
- 2012 June 26, Simon Bowers, “Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- stell (obsolete)
Translations
[edit]to put into place
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Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]position
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French posicion, borrowed from Latin positiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]position f (plural positions)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “position”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of position
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