Main entry: position
Definition: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Main entry: berth, billet, spot, situation, position, post, place, office
Definition: a job in an organization
Usage: he occupied a post in the treasury
Main entry: position, place, stead, lieu
Definition: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Usage: can you go in my stead?; took his place; in lieu of
Main entry: position
Definition: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Usage: what position does he play?
Main entry: position, positioning, placement, locating, location, emplacement
Definition: the act of putting something in a certain place
Main entry: position, spatial relation
Definition: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
Usage: the position of the hands on the clock; he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
Main entry: position, posture, attitude
Definition: the arrangement of the body and its limbs
Usage: he assumed an attitude of surrender
Main entry: stance, position, posture
Definition: a rationalized mental attitude
Main entry: position, perspective, view
Definition: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Usage: consider what follows from the positivist view
Definition: an item on a list or in a sequence
Usage: in the second place; moved from third to fifth position
Definition: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
Usage: there are two sides to every question
Definition: the particular portion of space occupied by something
Usage: he put the lamp back in its place
Main entry: position
Definition: the appropriate or customary location
Usage: the cars were in position
Main entry: position, military position
Definition: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Main entry: situation, position
Definition: a condition or position in which you find yourself
Usage: the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils; found herself in a very fortunate situation
Definition: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Usage: he had the status of a minor; the novel attained the status of a classic; atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life
Main entry: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Main entry: position
Definition: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation