Meanings
nounposition (plural positions)
plural positions
- A place or location.
Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.
1960 December 28, “Talking of Trains: Recording Electric Operation”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 707Synonyms: stead
- A posture.
Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- figurativelyA situation suitable to perform some action.
The school is not a inposition to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
- team sportsA 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!
- businessAn amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
long position
2 more examples
naked position
For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000 position in USD/CHF, you'll need to have at least $2,000 of available margin to hold the position ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).
2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 253 - businessA 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.
- arithmeticA method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- board gamesThe full state of a chess game at any given turn.
The following problem-like position occurred in an over-the-board game at a base in Korea:
1953 May, Colonel A. S. Penniston, “Reader's Forum”, in Chess Review - card gamesThe order in which players are seated around the table.
verbposition (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
present singular third person positions · participle present positioning · participle past positioned · past positioned
- To put into place.
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.
2012 June 26, Simon Bowers, “Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status”, in The GuardianSynonyms: stell, adjust, disrupt, disturb, move, place, put, relocate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place or location.
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verbTo put into place.
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anatomical positionbody positionbubble positionclosed positioncode positioncowgirl positiondevelopmental positioneccentric positionfetal positionfielding positionfifth positionfirst positionfourth positionFowler's positionhinge positionhuman positionkey positionlithotomy positionlong positionlotus positionmissionary positionnaked positionnet positionneutral positionocclusal positionopen positionovernight positionpole positionposition of trustpost positionpreferred positionprone positionprotrusive positionqualifying positionrecovery positionsacroanterior positionsecond positionserial position effectsex positionshort position
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
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Broader
nounthe spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
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spatial relation
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nounthe act of putting something in a certain place
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nounan opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
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nounthe post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpositiō“a putting, position”
- Old Frenchposicion
- Middle Englishposicioun
- Englishposition
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θέσις, τάσσω
- θέσις (thésis)opinion, stand or stance
- τάσσω (tássō)to put into place
- ἀντιτάσσω (antitássō)to put into place
Arabic مَوْقِع, مَكَان
- مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ)place, location
- مَكَان (makān)place, location
- مَنْصِب (manṣib)post of employment
- مَكَانَة (makāna)status or rank
- رُتْبَة (rutba)status or rank
- رَأْي (raʔy)opinion, stand or stance
- مَوْقِف (mawqif)opinion, stand or stance
- جِلْسَة (jilsa)posture
- وَقْفَة (waqfa)posture
- وَضْعِيَّة (waḍʕiyya)posture
Bengali অবস্থান
- অবস্থান (obosthan)place, location
Bulgarian местоположе́ние, мя́сто
- местоположе́ние (mestopoložénie)place, location
- мя́сто (mjásto)place, location
- длъ́жност (dlắžnost)post of employment
- пост (post)post of employment
- положе́ние (položénie)status or rank
- ранг (rang)status or rank
- пози́ция (pozícija)opinion, stand or stance
- пози́ция (pozícija)posture
- пози́ция (pozícija)situation suitable to perform some action
- пози́ция (pozícija)place on a playing field
- пози́ция (pozícija)finance: commitment to buy or sell in the future
- ме́тод на предположе́нието (métod na predpoložénieto)arithmetic: method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions
- слагам (slagam)to put into place
- поставям (postavjam)to put into place
Catalan posició
- posicióplace on a playing field
Chinese Cantonese 位置
- 位置 (wai⁶ zi³)place, location
Chinese Mandarin 位置, 職務 /职务
- 位置 (wèizhì)place, location
- 職務 /职务 (zhíwù)post of employment
- 職位 /职位 (zhíwèi)post of employment
Czech pozice, umístění
- poziceplace, location
- umístěníplace, location
- místoplace, location
- postavenístatus or rank
- stanoviskoopinion, stand or stance
Danish position, plads
- positionplace, location
- pladsplace, location
Dutch positie, plaats
- positieplace, location
- plaatsplace, location
- positiepost of employment
- stellingnameopinion, stand or stance
Esperanto pozicio, loko
- pozicioplace, location
- lokoplace, location
- postenopost of employment
- pozoposture
Estonian asukoht, asend
- asukohtplace, location
- asendplace, location
- positsioonplace, location
- asendposture
Finnish paikka, asema
- paikkaplace, location
- asemaplace, location
- sijaintiplace, location
- sijaplace, location
- olinpaikkaplace, location
- paikkapost of employment
- asemapost of employment
- työpaikkapost of employment
- asemastatus or rank
- arvostatus or rank
- sijastatus or rank
- kantaopinion, stand or stance
- asettaato put into place
- sijoittaato put into place
- asemoidato put into place
French position, place
- positionplace, location
- placeplace, location
- postepost of employment
- positionopinion, stand or stance
- capablesituation suitable to perform some action
- avoir la capacité desituation suitable to perform some action
- posteplace on a playing field
German Stellung, Position
- Stellungplace, location
- Positionplace, location
- Platzplace, location
- Stelleplace, location
- Arbeitsplatzpost of employment
- Stellepost of employment
- Positionstatus or rank
- Positionopinion, stand or stance
- Positionposture
- positionierento put into place
- postierento put into place
Greek θέση, θέση
- θέση (thési)place, location
- θέση (thési)status or rank
- θέση (thési)opinion, stand or stance
- θέση (thési)posture
- τοποθετώ (topothetó)to put into place
Hebrew מִקּוּם, תַּפְקִיד
- מִקּוּם (míkum)place, location
- תַּפְקִיד (tafkíd)post of employment
- מִשְׂרָה (misrá)post of employment
- מַעֲמָד (ma'amád)status or rank
- עֶמְדָּה ('emdá)opinion, stand or stance
- תְּנוּחָה (t'nukhá)posture
Hindi स्थान, पद
- स्थान (sthān)place, location
- पद (pad)post of employment
- पदवी (padvī)post of employment
- पद (pad)status or rank
- पदवी (padvī)status or rank
- स्थिति (sthiti)opinion, stand or stance
- आसन (āsan)posture
Hungarian helyzet
- helyzetplace, location
Icelandic staða
- staðaplace, location
Irish suigh
- suighto put into place
Italian posizione, posto
- posizioneplace, location
- postopost of employment
- lavoropost of employment
- posizionestatus or rank
- posizioneopinion, stand or stance
- posizioneposture
- piazzareto put into place
- posizionareto put into place
Japanese 位置, 配置する
- 位置 (ichi)place, location
- 配置する (haichi suru)to put into place
- 位置付ける (ichidukeru)to put into place
Korean 위치, 지위
- 위치 (wichi)place, location
- 지위 (jiwi)post of employment
- 지위 (jiwi)status or rank
- 자세 (jase)posture
Latin positiō, situs
- positiōplace, location
- situsplace, location
- statusplace, location
- gradusstatus or rank
- statusstatus or rank
Latvian pozīcija, stāvoklis
- pozīcijaplace, location
- stāvoklisplace, location
Lithuanian padėtis, pozicija
- padėtisplace, location
- pozicijaplace, location
Malay kedudukan, kedudukan
- kedudukanplace, location
- kedudukanstatus or rank
Māori tūnga, tūranga
- tūngaplace, location
- tūrangaplace, location
- taungaplace, location
- tūrangapost of employment
- nohoangapost of employment
- kanoistatus or rank
- tūngastatus or rank
- tūrangastatus or rank
- tūrangaopinion, stand or stance
Norwegian posisjonere, plassere
- posisjonereto put into place
- plassereto put into place
Norwegian Bokmål posisjon, plassering
- posisjonplace, location
- plasseringplace, location
- posisjonstatus or rank
Polish pozycja, położenie
- pozycjaplace, location
- położenieplace, location
- miejsceplace, location
- stanowiskopost of employment
- posadapost of employment
- pozycjastatus or rank
- miejscestatus or rank
- stanowiskoopinion, stand or stance
- pozycjaposture
- pozycjaplace on a playing field
Portuguese posição, cargo
- posiçãoplace, location
- cargopost of employment
- posiçãostatus or rank
- posiçãoopinion, stand or stance
- posiçãoposture
- posiçãoplace on a playing field
- posicionarto put into place
Romanian poziție, funcție
- pozițieplace, location
- funcțiepost of employment
- pozițiepost of employment
- pozițiestatus or rank
- pozițieopinion, stand or stance
- poziționato put into place
Russian положе́ние, пози́ция
- положе́ние (položénije)place, location
- пози́ция (pozícija)place, location
- ме́сто (mésto)place, location
- до́лжность (dólžnostʹ)post of employment
- положе́ние (položénije)status or rank
- пози́ция (pozícija)opinion, stand or stance
- положе́ние (položénije)posture
- пози́ция (pozícija)posture
- пози́ция (pozícija)place on a playing field
Scottish Gaelic seasamh
- seasamhopinion, stand or stance
Slovak pozícia, miesto
- pozíciaplace, location
- miestoplace, location
Spanish posición, puesto
- posiciónplace, location
- puestopost of employment
Swedish position, plats
- positionplace, location
- platsplace, location
- lägeplace, location
- positionstatus or rank
- positionopinion, stand or stance
- positionposture
- positionplace on a playing field
- placerato put into place
- placera utto put into place
Thai ตำแหน่ง, ตำแหน่ง
- ตำแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng)place, location
- ตำแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng)post of employment
- อัตรา (àt-dtraa)post of employment
- ตำแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng)status or rank
- จุดยืน (jùt-yʉʉn)opinion, stand or stance
Turkish konum, mekân
- konumplace, location
- mekânplace, location
- görüşopinion, stand or stance
- tavıropinion, stand or stance
- tutumopinion, stand or stance
- yerleştirmekto put into place
Ukrainian поло́ження, стано́вище
- поло́ження (polóžennja)place, location
- стано́вище (stanóvyšče)place, location
- пози́ція (pozýcija)place, location
- мі́сце (mísce)place, location
- поса́да (posáda)post of employment
- пози́ція (pozýcija)opinion, stand or stance
Urdu جَگَہْ, مَکان
- جَگَہْ (jagah)place, location
- مَکان (makān)place, location
- پَد (pad)post of employment
Vietnamese vị trí
- vị tríplace, location
Yiddish שטעלע
- שטעלע (shtele)post of employment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with position
editioncommissionconditionadditionmissionpermissionnutritiontransmissionsubmissiontransitionacquisitionadmissionexhibitiontraditiontuitionemissionpartitionpropositionmusicianexpeditionignitionprohibitioninhibitionpolitician
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