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position
(p/@/'z/I//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • the particular portion of space occupied by something(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    place
    source: wordnet30
  • a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    military position
    source: wordnet30
  • a way of regarding situations or topics etc.(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    perspective, view
    source: wordnet30
  • the arrangement of the body and its limbs(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    attitude, posture
    source: wordnet30
  • the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society(noun.state)
    Example:
    Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life.
    Synonym:
    status
    source: wordnet30
  • a job in an organization(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    berth, billet, office, place, post, situation, spot
    source: wordnet30
  • the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The position of the hands on the clock.
    Synonym:
    spatial relation
    source: wordnet30
  • the appropriate or customary location(noun.location)
    Example:
    The cars were in position.
    source: wordnet30
  • (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player(noun.act)
    Example:
    What position does he play?.
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of putting something in a certain place(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    emplacement, locating, location, placement, positioning
    source: wordnet30
  • a condition or position in which you find yourself(noun.state)
    Example:
    The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils.
    Synonym:
    situation
    source: wordnet30
  • a rationalized mental attitude(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    posture, stance
    source: wordnet30
  • an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    side
    source: wordnet30
  • an item on a list or in a sequence(noun.communication)
    Example:
    Moved from third to fifth position.
    source: wordnet30
  • the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    lieu, place, stead
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • put into a certain place or abstract location(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    lay, place, pose, put, set
    source: wordnet30
  • To indicate the position of; to place.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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