position

Значение

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. 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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/

Этимология

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.

Предложения

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

После того, как отчет Гренера был выпущен, он подал в отставку.