- condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position.
- the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position.
- situation or condition, especially with relation to favorable or unfavorable circumstances: to be in an awkward position; to bargain from a position of strength.
- status or standing: He has a position to maintain in the community.
- high standing, as in society; important status: a person of wealth and position.
- a post of employment: a position in a bank.
- manner of being placed, disposed, or arranged: the relative position of the hands of a clock.
- bodily posture or attitude: to be in a sitting position.
- mental attitude; stand: one's position on a controversial topic.
- the act of positing.
- something that is posited.
- any of the five basic positions of the feet with which every step or movement begins and ends.
- Music.
- the arrangement of tones in a chord, especially with regard to the location of the root tone in a triad or to the distance of the tones from each other.
- any of the places on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument where the fingers stop the strings to produce the variouspitches.
- any of the places to which the slide of a trombone is shifted to produce changes in pitch.
- a commitment to buy or sell securities: He took a large position in defense stocks.
- the situation of a short vowel before two or more consonants or their equivalent, making the syllable metrically long.
- to put in a particular or appropriate position; place.
- to determine the position of; locate.
- the place, situation, or location of a person or thing
- the appropriate or customary location
- the arrangement or disposition of the body or a part of the body
- the manner in which a person or thing is placed; arrangement
- an area or point occupied for tactical reasons
- mental attitude; point of view; stand
- social status or standing, esp high social standing
- a post of employment; job
- the act of positing a fact or viewpoint
- something posited, such as an idea, proposition, etc
- the part of a field or playing area where a player is placed or where he generally operates
- music
- the vertical spacing or layout of the written notes in a chord. Chords arranged with the three upper voices close together are in close position . Chords whose notes are evenly or widely distributed are in open position
- one of the points on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, determining where a string is to be stopped
- (in classical prosody)
- the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- (of a consonant, either on its own or in combination with other consonants, such as x in Latin) to cause a short vowel to become metrically long when placed after it
- the market commitment of a dealer in securities, currencies, or commodities
- able (to)
- to put in the proper or appropriate place; locate
- to place (oneself or another player) in a particular part of the field or playing area
- to put (someone or something) in a position (esp in relation to others) that confers a strategic advantage: he's trying to position himself for a leadership bid
- to promote (a product or service) by tailoring it to the needs of a specific market or by clearly differentiating it from its competitors (e.g. in terms of price or quality)
- to locate or ascertain the position of
