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Meaning position meaning

What does position mean?
Definitions in simple English

position Noun

— The position of something is the place where the thing is. The position of the table is two metres from the wall. You're in my way. Please move to a different position. — A post of employment; a job.

position Verb

— If you position something somewhere, you put or move it there. The players positioned themselves on the field. — If you position something in a situation, you make changes so that it can work in that situation. The company is now well positioned to take advantage of popularity of online music.

position

— noun (= place) the particular portion of space occupied by something he put the lamp back in its place — noun (= view) a way of regarding situations or topics etc consider what follows from the positivist view — noun (= military position) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons — noun (= attitude) the arrangement of the body and its limbs he assumed an attitude of surrender — noun (= post) a job in an organization he occupied a post in the treasury — noun (= status) 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 — noun (= spatial relation) 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 — noun (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player what position does he play? — noun the appropriate or customary location the cars were in position — verb cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation — noun (= placement) the act of putting something in a certain place — noun a rationalized mental attitude — noun (= situation) 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 — verb (= put, set, place) 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 — noun the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom — noun (= stead, place, lieu) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another can you go in my stead? took his place in lieu of — noun (= place) an item on a list or in a sequence in the second place moved from third to fifth position — noun (= side) an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute there are two sides to every question

Synonyms position synonyms

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position English » English

place location situation post status rank posture job office site condition attitude spot station pose appointment put stance capacity state standing seat locate function set whereabouts stand role view standpoint base stead space lay employment area venue title point perspective locus emplacement work viewpoint service opinion level class case use

Topics position topics

What do people use position to talk about?
Grammar General words Thing

Situation
Language and thought Think

Opinion
Social behavior Authority

Status
Social behavior Government

Ruler
Social behavior Government Ruler

Government official
Physical actions

Posture
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Put down
Physical actions Arrange

Put

States
States Time Relative time

Order, sequence
States

Location
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Fort
Work and occupation Work Difficult, impossible

Advantage
Physical actions

Move
Universe, creation Sky

Sun

Conjugation position conjugation

How do you conjugate position?

position · verb

Examples position examples

How do I use position in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can understand your position perfectly.
Tom apparently misused his position.
Tom likes to act from a position of strength.
I understand your position perfectly.
Robert is content with his present position.
Competition for the position is very intense.
You are acting beyond your position.
The minister appointed one of his cronies to a key position.
The young man is quite suited for the position.
The politician lost his position in the end.
Please let me tell you a little bit about this position.
We'll need a head hunting agency to find the right man for this executive position.
Put yourself in my position.
What position do you hold?
Were I in your position, I would do it at once.
He exploited his position to build up his fortune.
I'm not in a position to give you advice.
I applied for a position in the office.

Movie subtitles

Master Kirihara! Did I hear correctly that you were promised a position. in the special zone involving the Sakuradite mining rights?
I'll give away that position to you, Father.
I am in a position to help those people.
At which point the victim assumes the position.
Baby appears to be in a posterior position, Shelagh.
It may be lower than what you anticipated, but it is standard for this position.
Third position!
It's really easy for me to tell everyone else to go and get their breasts checked, but I'm not in your position.
They're flanking us, we can't hold our position much longer!
The position of the titles is indicated by handwritten numbers in the negative. Copying work was done by L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna.
The unconquerable pride of the Mauprats poisoned the useless quarrel, each holding firm to their position.
Now, I'm in a position, gentlemen.
I'm gonna see that you get a steady position.
We can't hold this position.
Because the Earth rotates, one had to correct the position every three minutes.
Everybody had a pile of observations from the same position in the sky.
In addition, several measurements had been done at each position, because the radio emission is weak and the receiver has quite some noise.
To think they're considering him for the secretary general position in Algiers.
We have to put her in. in prone position and call 911!
We can uncouple the warhead, position the Dolphin III at the proper elevation, and send the missile off. Mathematically, at least, it should be possible to reach the station's orbit and in time.
In the main court, where the Cossack battery took up its position.
You're in a position of trust. You're supposed to guard the artist entrance. You left to watch the show rehearsals?
I'm very sorry you found it necessary to put me in this position.
I know the exact position of her room.
I can give you a very good position in Friedersdorf.
They're both a bit out of position, according to this.
I think that Mr. Rainsford should know. that the channel lights aren't just in the position given on the charts. Oh.
I wish I were in a position to ignore the whole matter, but you know, madame, the stock market, a bank crash.
We are located in an important position in East Asia.
You don't need to guard my position.
I'll give away that position to you, Father. She was someone who could have become your Daughter-in-law.
Move into position. Three count.
The Russian position.
Radiation mechanism, fixing final position.
That's the position.
I have some wealth, some position.
The artillery shoots at their own position.
A girl in your position always makes out.

News and current affairs

Indeed, America's current-account position strengthened despite the dollar's appreciation in the face of safe-haven demand.
Now, with household debt sustained on a knife-edge after feverish government intervention, the fiscal position has deteriorated dramatically and the current-account balance has worsened again.
The Sudairis, it seems, have apparently left their half brother alone to twist in the wind. Abdullah's proposal could weaken his position domestically, particularly in relation to the country's powerful Islamists.
Accounting rules are designed to provide standardized frameworks within which the financial position of a firm, or government, can be assessed.
Indeed, the most curious aspect of the ECB's position was its threat not to accept restructured government bonds as collateral if the ratings agencies decided that the restructuring should be classified as a credit event.
So, not surprisingly, economists are not in a good position to forecast how quickly it will end, either.
When the Georgia crisis erupted, Europe united around a single position on Russia's withdrawal.
Conventional theory suggests that a single country (or group of countries) consolidating its finances can expect lower interest rates, a weaker currency, and an improved trade position.
On a global scale, neither the US nor Japan is in a position to provide significant external stimulus.
For them, Jewish settlements in the territories are not a return to historical lands, but security outposts, aimed at preventing - or repelling from a better strategic position - an attack on the Israeli heartland.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is taking on this unprecedented challenge from his unique position at the crossroads of global politics and society.
His comments infuriated London's provocative mayor, Boris Johnson, himself a classics scholar and author, who shot back that Clooney's position on the issue was similar to that of the Nazis portrayed in his film.
Indeed, it is our duty, and the very basis of any successful civilization, that important decisions are made only after scrutinizing all relevant information and weighing the relative merits of every position.
Analysts and pundits have often been mistaken about America's position in the world.
To be sure, the EU recognized its need for a coherent strategy, and attempted to resolve it by establishing the European External Action Service and the position of High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
France, at the heart of the European Union and President of both the G-8 and G-20 this year, is in an exceptional position to encourage such a regulatory move.
It remains a sobering lesson, one that presents the media in the role of aggressor and violator, in contrast to their normal position as victim.
This is a huge contrast with the financial sector's position in the previous three decades.
This episode suggests that Koizumi's hardline position isn't the only option.
That position lasted until 1970, when the US share of global GDP fell to its pre-war level of one-quarter.
To this day, therefore, the risk remains that the number of nuclear powers will increase, particularly given small and medium powers' hope to enhance their prestige and position in regional conflicts.
If elected, she would be South Korea's first woman president, and, for her rivals, her dominant position in the race is an uncomfortable but unassailable fact.

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