position

Etymology

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

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈzɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

position (plural positions)

1. A place or location.
2. A post of employment; a job.
3. A status or rank.

   Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

   My position on this issue is unchanged.

5. A posture.

   Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

6. (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!

7. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
8. (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.
9. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
10. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

References

• position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)

1. To put into place.
   • 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status

     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.

Further reading

• position in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• position in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• sopition

Noun

position

1. Genitive singular form of positio.

Etymology

From Old French posicion, from Latin positio, positionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.zi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

position f (plural positions)

1. position

Further reading

• “position” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

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Noun

position c

1. 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.
2. (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.