position

position
position [pə zish′ən]
n.
[MFr < L positio < positus, pp. of ponere, to place < * posinere < po-, away (< IE base * apo- > L ab, from, away) + sinere, to put, lay: see SITE]
1. the act of positing, or placing
2. a positing of a proposition; affirmation
3. the manner in which a person or thing is placed or arranged; attitude; posture; disposition [in a sitting position]
4. one's attitude toward or opinion on a subject; stand [his position on foreign aid]
5. the place where a person or thing is, esp. in relation to others; location; situation; site [the ship's position]
6. the usual or proper place of a person or thing; station [the players are in position]
7. a location or condition in which one has the advantage [to jockey for position]
8. a strategic military site
9. a person's relative place, as in society; rank; status
10. a place high in society, business, etc. [a man of position]
11. a post of employment; office; job [to apply for a teaching position]
12. Finance the long or short commitment of a market trader in securities or commodities
13. Music
a) the arrangement of the notes of a chord with respect to their relative closeness or distance apart [open position]
b) any of the fixed locations on the fingerboard of a violin, etc. that the left hand assumes for fingering a particular series of notes
c) any of the various points to which a trombone slide may be moved to change the pitch
vt.
1. to put into a particular position; place or station
2. Rare to locate
positional
adj.
positioner
n.
SYN.- POSITION applies to any specific employment for salary or wages, but often connotes white-collar or professional employment; SITUATION now usually refers to a position that is open or to one that is desired [situation wanted as instructor ]; OFFICE refers to a position of authority or trust, especially in government or a corporation; a POST2 is a position or office that carries heavy responsibilities, esp. one to which a person is appointed; JOB1 is now the common, comprehensive equivalent for any of the preceding terms

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  • position — [ pozisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1265; lat. positio, de ponere « poser » I ♦ 1 ♦ Manière dont une chose, une personne est posée, placée, située; lieu où elle est placée. ⇒ disposition, emplacement. Position horizontale, verticale, inclinée (⇒ inclinaison) .… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Position — Po*si tion, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. ?) + sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See {Site}, and cf. {Composite}, {Compound}, v.,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Position — may refer to:* A location in a coordinate system, usually in two or more dimensions; the science of position and its generalizations is topology * Body position (proprioception), the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body …   Wikipedia

  • Position — (lat. positio ‚Lage, Stellung‘) bezeichnet: die Lage eines Punktes im Raum, siehe Koordinatensystem und Ortsbestimmung Soziale Position, den Status einer Person in sozialen Beziehungen Meinung, eine subjektive Ansicht bzw. einen Standpunkt den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • position — Position. s. f. Terme de Geographie. Situation. La position des lieux n est pas juste, n est pas bien marquée dans cette carte. C est aussi un terme de Philosophie & de Mathematique, & alors il se dit de l establissement d un principe. De la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • position — 1 Position, stand, attitude denote a more or less fixed mental point of view or way of regarding something. Position and stand both imply reference to a question at issue or to a matter about which there is difference of opinion. Position,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • position — [n1] physical place area, bearings, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography,… …   New thesaurus

  • Position — Sf std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. positio ( ōnis), Abstraktum zu l. pōnere (positum) setzen, stellen, legen . Adjektiv: positionell.    Ebenso nndl. positie, ne. position, nfrz. position, nschw. position, nnorw. posisjon. ✎ Leser, E.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • position — verb. • Uniformed constables had been positioned to re direct traffic J. Wainwright, 1979. The use of position as a verb, meaning ‘to place in position’ has met with some criticism, usually from those who object to any verb made relatively… …   Modern English usage

  • position — (n.) late 14c., as a term in logic and philosophy, from O.Fr. posicion, from L. positionem (nom. positio) act or fact of placing, position, affirmation, from posit , pp. stem of ponere put, place, from PIE *po s(i)nere, from *apo off, away (see… …   Etymology dictionary

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