position
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From French position < Latin positio (“‘a putting, position’”) < ponere, pp. positus (“‘to put, place’”); see ponent. Cf. apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
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position (plural positions)
- A place or location.
- A post of employment; a job.
- A status or rank.
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- My position on this issue is unchanged.
- A posture.
- Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- (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!
- (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
- Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position.
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place, location
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status or rank
stand
posture
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to position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
- To put into place.
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to put into place
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[edit] 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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position
- Genitive singular form of positio.
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position
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position c (pl positioner, def sing positionen, def pl positionerna)
- place, location, position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
- (In team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

