Definition of position

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Definition of position

  • a condition or position in which you find yourself (noun)

    Examples

    1. the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils

    Synonyms

    1. situation
  • a job in an organization (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. berth
    2. billet
    3. office
    4. place
    5. post
    6. situation
    7. spot
  • the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated (noun)

    Examples

    1. the position of the hands on the clock

    Synonyms

    1. spatial relation
  • the particular portion of space occupied by something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. place
  • a rationalized mental attitude (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. posture
    2. stance
  • an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. side
  • a way of regarding situations or topics etc. (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. perspective
    2. view
  • the arrangement of the body and its limbs (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. attitude
    2. posture
  • the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (noun)

    Examples

    1. atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life

    Synonyms

    1. status
  • a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. military position
  • put into a certain place or abstract location (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. lay
    2. place
    3. pose
    4. put
    5. set
  • the act of putting something in a certain place (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. emplacement
    2. locating
    3. location
    4. placement
    5. positioning
  • an item on a list or in a sequence (noun)

    Examples

    1. moved from third to fifth position

    Synonyms

    1. place
  • the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lieu
    2. place
    3. stead
  • cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation (verb)
  • (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (noun)

    Examples

    1. what position does he play?
  • the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom (noun)
  • the appropriate or customary location (noun)

    Examples

    1. the cars were in position

See definition of position in Merriam Webster