position

position
position [n1] physical place area, bearings, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography, tract, whereabouts*; concept 198 position [n2] posture, stance arrangement, attitude, ballgame*, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, form, habit, how things stack up*, like it is*, manner, mien, pass, plight, port, pose, predicament, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, the size of it*; concept 696 position [n3] belief, point of view angle, attitude, color, judgment, opinion, outlook, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, view, viewpoint; concept 689 position [n4] class, stature cachet, capacity, caste, character, consequence, dignity, footing, importance, place, prestige, rank, reputation, situation, sphere, standing, station, status; concepts 378,388 position [n5] responsibility in business or other enterprise berth, billet, capacity, connection, do*, duty, employment, function, job, nine-tofive*, occupation, office, place, post, profession, role, situation, slot*, spot*, trade; concepts 324,349,360 —Ant. unemployment position [v] place physically in location arrange, array, dispose, fix, lay out, locate, put, set, settle, stand, stick; concepts 158,201 —Ant. displace, lose

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  • Position — Po*si tion, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. ?) + sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See {Site}, and cf. {Composite}, {Compound}, v.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Position — may refer to:* A location in a coordinate system, usually in two or more dimensions; the science of position and its generalizations is topology * Body position (proprioception), the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body …   Wikipedia

  • Position — Po*si tion, v. t. To indicate the position of; to place. [R.] Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • POSITION — s. f. Lieu, point où une chose est placée ; manière dont elle est placée, situation. La position des lieux n est pas juste, n est pas bien indiquée dans cette carte. La position d une ville. La position en est riante. Je n aime pas la position de …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • POSITION — n. f. Lieu, point où une chose est placée, situation. La position des lieux n’est pas juste, n’est pas bien indiquée dans cette carte. La position de cette ville est riante. Cette maison est dans une position très agréable. Il se dit spécialement …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • position — I. noun Etymology: Middle English posycion, from Anglo French posicioun, from Latin position , positio, from ponere to lay down, put, place, from Old Latin *posinere, from po away (akin to Old Church Slavic po , perfective prefix, Greek apo away) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • position — See: SCORING POSITION …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • position — See: SCORING POSITION …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • position — Angle An gle ([a^][ng] g l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. agky los bent, crooked, angular, a gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Position (poker) — Position in poker refers to the order in which players are seated around the table and the related poker strategy implications. Players who act first are in early position ; players who act later are in late position . A player has position on… …   Wikipedia

  • Position finder — Position Po*si tion, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. ?) + sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See {Site}, and cf. {Composite}, {Compound},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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