position
noun
1. the particular portion of space occupied by something
Similar word(s): place
Definition categories: location, point
2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Definition categories: location, point
3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- consider what follows from the positivist view
Similar word(s): perspective, view
Definition categories: thought, orientation
4. the arrangement of the body and its limbs
Similar word(s): attitude, posture
Definition categories: attribute
5. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life
Similar word(s): status
Definition categories: state
6. a job in an organization
Similar word(s): berth, billet, office, place, post, situation, spot
Definition categories: act, business, job, line, occupation
7. the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- the position of the hands on the clock
Definition categories: attribute, relation
8. the appropriate or customary location
- the cars were in position
Definition categories: location, point
9. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- what position does he play?
Definition categories: act, role
10. the act of putting something in a certain place
Similar word(s): emplacement, locating, location, placement, positioning
Definition categories: act, activity
11. a condition or position in which you find yourself
- the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
Similar word(s): situation
Definition categories: state, condition, status
12. a rationalized mental attitude
Similar word(s): posture, stance
Definition categories: thought, attitude
13. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
Similar word(s): side
Definition categories: communication, opinion, view
14. an item on a list or in a sequence
- moved from third to fifth position
Similar word(s): place
Definition categories: communication, item, point
15. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Similar word(s): lieu, place, stead
Definition categories: act, function, office, part, role
16. the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Definition categories: act, assumption
Sentences with position as a noun:
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- My position on this issue is unchanged.
- Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- Stop running all over the field and play your position!
- Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position.