position

English

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Etymology

From French position, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəˈzɪʃən/ SAMPA: /p@."zI.S@n/

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Noun

position (plural positions) (abbreviated as posish)

1. A place or location.
2. A post of employment; a job.
3. A status or rank.

   Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

   My position on this issue is unchanged.

5. A posture.

   Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

6. (team sports) A 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!

7. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.

   Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position.

Derived terms

Derived terms

anatomical position assume the position body position bubble position closed position cowgirl position developmental position eccentric position emergency position indicating radio beacon fetal position fielding position Fowler's position hinge position human position lithotomy position long position lotus position midsinoary position naked position net position neutral position occlusal position open position

overnight position pole position positional position effect position limit position paper position sense position trader position trading preferred position prone position protrusive position qualifying position recovery position reposition sacroanterior position sex position short position Sims' position statutory position take a position Trendelenburg position Yoga position

Related terms

• ponent
• pose
• posit
• positive
• positional

Translations

place, location

Arabic: موقف (ar) (máwqif) m., موقع (ar) (máwqi3) m. Armenian: դիրք (hy) (dirk’) Chinese: Mandarin: 位置 (zh) (wèizhi) Dutch: positie (nl) f. Faroese: støða  (fo) f. Finnish: paikka (fi), asema (fi), sijainti (fi) French: position (fr) f. German: Stellung (de) f., Position (de) f. Greek: θέση (el) f. (thési) Hungarian: helyzet (hu) Italian: posizione (it) f.

Japanese: 位置 (ja) (いち, ichi) Korean: 지위 (ko) (jiwi) Kurdish: ئاست (ku) Norwegian: posisjon (no) m., plassering (no) n. Polish: pozycja (pl) f., położenie (pl) n. Portuguese: posição (pt) f. Romanian: poziție (ro) Russian: положение (ru) (položénije) n., позиция (ru) (pozícija) f. Serbo-Croatian: pozicija (sh) f., položaj (sh) m., lokacija (sh) f. Spanish: posición (es) f. Swedish: position (sv) c., plats (sv) c.

status or rank

Arabic: مکانة (ar) (makaana) f., رتبة (ar) (rútba) f. Armenian: դիրք (hy) (dirk’) Czech: postavení (cs) n. Finnish: asema (fi), arvo (fi) German: Position (de) f. Greek: θέση (el) f. (thési) Italian: posizione (it) f.

Norwegian: posisjon (no) m. Polish: pozycja (pl) f., miejsce (pl) n. Romanian: poziție (ro) Russian: положение (ru) (položénije) n. Serbo-Croatian: pozicija (sh), položaj (sh), plasman (sh) Swedish: position (sv) c.

post of employment

Armenian: պաշտոն (hy) (pašton) Italian: posto (it) m.

Polish: stanowisko (pl) n. Russian: должность (ru) (dólžnost') Serbo-Croatian: pozicija (sh), položaj (sh)

stand

Arabic: رأي (rā’i) m., موقف (máuqef) m. Czech: stanovisko (cs) n. Dutch: stellingname (nl) c. Finnish: kanta (fi), mielipide (fi) German: Position (de) f. Greek: θέση (el) f. (thési)

Italian: posizione (it) f. Polish: stanowisko (pl) n. Russian: позиция (ru) (pozícija) f. Serbo-Croatian: položaj (sh) m. Swedish: position (sv) c.

posture

Arabic: جلسة (jílsa) f., وقفة (wáqfa) f., وضعیة (wáɖʕīya) f. Estonian: asend (et) Finnish: asento (fi) German: Position (de) f. Greek: θέση (el) f. (thési) Italian: posizione (it) f.

Kurdish: شێوه‌ (ku) Polish: pozycja (pl) f. Russian: положение (ru) (položénije) n., позиция (ru) (pozícija) f. Serbo-Croatian: pozicija (sh), položaj (sh), postura (sh) Swedish: position (sv) c.

place on a playing field

Serbo-Croatian: pozicija (sh)

Swedish: position (sv) c.

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Esperanto: pozicio Ido: poziciono Interlingua: position Italian: posizione f.

Romanian: poziție f. Spanish: posición f.

Verb

position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)

1. To put into place.

Translations

to put into place

Finnish: asettaa (fi), sijoittaa (fi), asemoida (fi) German: positionieren Greek: τοποθετώ (el) (topotheto) Italian: piazzare (it), posizionD%e (it)

Norwegian: posisjonere (no), plassere (no) Portuguese: posicionar (pt) Serbo-Croatian: pozicionirati (sh), smjestiti (sh), položiti (sh) Swedish: placera (sv), placera ut (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: makes · laws · run · #540: position · copy · opened · purpose

External links

• position in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• position in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Finnish

Noun

position

1. Genitive singular form of positio.

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• IPA: /pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃/, SAMPA: /pO.zi.sjO~/

Noun

position f. (plural positions)

1. position

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Noun

position c.

1. a place, a location, a position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
2. (In team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

Declension

Declension of position

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	position	positionen	positioner	positionerna
genitive	positions	positionens	positioners	positionernas

Related terms

• positionera