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US
/pəˈzɪʃən/
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[ UK /pəzˈɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pəzˈɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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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 - the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- the act of putting something in a certain place
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(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
what position does he play? -
a job in an organization
he occupied a post in the treasury -
the appropriate or customary location
the cars were in position - a rationalized mental attitude
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an item on a list or in a sequence
moved from third to fifth position
in the second place -
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
there are two sides to every question -
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
consider what follows from the positivist view -
the particular portion of space occupied by something
he put the lamp back in its place -
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life
he had the status of a minor
the novel attained the status of a classic -
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
he assumed an attitude of surrender -
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
the position of the hands on the clock - a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
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the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
took his place
can you go in my stead?
in lieu of
VERB
- cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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put into a certain place or abstract location
Place emphasis on a certain point
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Set the tray down
Put your things here
How To Use position In A Sentence
- That gave us the time to move arbalests and mangonels into position along the walls.
- Background-position: background image in the canvas element in the targeted space, designated the upper left corner of the image relative to the level of canvas and vertical spacing interval .
- Epsom showed a great deal of heart considering their lowly league position but there are days when courage counts for naught and this was one of them.
- Listen to our astronomers talk about the magnitudes and disunites and composition of the stars, and compare with their story that which was written in the astronomy of a few centuries ago. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index
- I often position an athlete in front of a mirror that has grid lines on it, ask them to close their eyes and stand up straight. Muscle Management
- The composition of displaced terranes ranges from that of typical oceanic crust to significantly less dense granitic rock with clear continental affinities.
- · The tailstock quill is brought into working position (Fig. 14) whereby special attention must be given to quill cleanliness. 3. Preparations for thread cutting by dies and taps
- To the left a small party was holding an entrenched position on rising ground. Times, Sunday Times
- The fifth position went to a phishing activity, in which a university hacker stole Internet users' personal information by luring them to provide confidential data on disguised Web sites.
- These positions are frequently referred to respectively as objectivism and constructionism.