Meaning of 'position'

noun

the act of positing

noun

a job in an organization

Synonyms: spot

noun

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Synonyms: place stead lieu

noun

in team sports, the role assigned to an individual player

Example: "What position do they play?"

noun

the act of putting something in a certain place

Synonyms: placement

noun

the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

Example: "the position of the hands on the clock"

Synonyms: spatial relation

noun

the arrangement of the body and its limbs

Synonyms: attitude posture

noun

a rationalized mental attitude

Synonyms: posture stance

noun

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

Synonyms: view perspective

noun

an item on a list or in a sequence

Synonyms: place

noun

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

Synonyms: side

noun

the particular portion of space occupied by something

Synonyms: place

noun

the appropriate or customary location

Example: "the cars were in position"

noun

a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

Synonyms: military position

noun

a condition or position in which you find yourself

Example: "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"

Synonyms: situation

noun

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

Synonyms: status

verb

put into a certain place or abstract location

Synonyms: put

verb

cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation