position

Meaning

Noun

1. A place or location.
2. A post of employment; a job.
3. A status or rank.
4. An opinion, stand, or stance.
5. A posture.
6. (figuratively) A situation suitable to perform some action.
7. A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
8. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
9. 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.
10. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
11. The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
12. The order in which players are seated around the table.
13. A pin; a connector.

Verb

To put into place.

Synonyms

place

location

situation

post

status

rank

job

posture

office

🏢

site

condition

attitude

spot

station

🚉

pose

appointment

put

stance

capacity

seat

💺

state

function

standing

locate

set

whereabouts

role

stand

view

base

standpoint

employment

area

stead

lay

space

locus

title

point

emplacement

perspective

venue

work

viewpoint

opinion

service

class

level

case

arrangement

Translations

position

posizione

posición

posição

Position

posició

place

Lage

situation

Stellung

situación

θέση

lugar

plaats

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: posicioun

In summary

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

Sentences

The name has become established in this latter position through international acceptance and use .

After the Grenier report was released , he resigned his position .

Despite Buddeus's support , however , he was passed over for a position in Jena .