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Position

noun

1.

The particular portion of space occupied by something. Synonym: place.

2.

A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons. Synonym: military position.

3.

A way of regarding situations or topics etc.. Synonyms: perspective, view.

4.

The arrangement of the body and its limbs. Synonyms: attitude, posture.

5.

The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society. Synonym: status. "The novel attained the status of a classic" , "Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

6.

A job in an organization. Synonyms: berth, billet, office, place, post, situation, spot.

7.

The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated. Synonym: spatial relation. "He specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

8.

The appropriate or customary location.

9.

(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player.

10.

The act of putting something in a certain place. Synonyms: emplacement, locating, location, placement, positioning.

11.

A condition or position in which you find yourself. Synonym: situation. "Found herself in a very fortunate situation"

12.

A rationalized mental attitude. Synonyms: posture, stance.

13.

An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute. Synonym: side.

14.

An item on a list or in a sequence. Synonym: place. "Moved from third to fifth position"

15.

The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another. Synonyms: lieu, place, stead. "Took his place" , "In lieu of"

16.

The act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom.

verb

1.

Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation.

2.

Put into a certain place or abstract location. Synonyms: lay, place, pose, put, set. "Set the tray down" , "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" , "Place emphasis on a certain point"

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"Position" Quotes from Famous Books

... his eyes, and he will find that he is no better than others, and that in the presence of God all must lower their plumes, and be glad that they can attain forgiveness. And let no one think that as long as we live here he can reach such a position that he will not need such forgiveness. In short, if God does not forgive without ...

— The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther

... a little from the great book of God. Here we sit in our places and learn our first lessons; stand in our classes and recite them. Here we get ready for that college which God has built for us on the spiritual Mount Zion. In this lower school we prepare for the department above. Our position in that department must be determined by our dutifulness and progress in this. Oh, solemn thought! We must be measured by our merit; we must stand in our lot; "every man in his own order." The deeds done ...

— Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women • George Sumner Weaver

... instructed them," he said. "Come and you shall see how impregnable is our position. The red ones have resented our ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 • Various

... has surpassed all hopes. There can be furnished by the race a thoroughly equipped man for any chair of learning for a university. He began with the blue-back spelling book and has steadily grown in learning and power until he now occupies a respectable position in the literary world. ...

— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various

... of water; but there a tree had turned its course out of the current of the creek, so that it was now sidling against two ash trees, steady as if at anchor. So few feet as it was from her, Ann saw at a glance that to reach it was quite impossible. Realising the helplessness of her position without this canoe, she might have been ready to brave the dangers of a struggle in deep water to obtain it, but the danger was that of sinking in bottomless mud. The canoe was wholly beyond her reach. Retracing her steps, ...

— The Zeit-Geist • Lily Dougall

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