Position - Definition

n 1: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he
put the lamp back in its place" [syn: position, place]
2: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons [syn:
military position, position]
3: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what
follows from the positivist view" [syn: position, view,
perspective]
4: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an
attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture,
attitude]
5: the relative position or standing of things or especially
persons in a society; "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" [syn: status,
position]
6: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
7: the spatial property of a place where or way in which
something is situated; "the position of the hands on the
clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of
furniture on the stage" [syn: position, spatial relation]
8: the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in
position"
9: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
"what position does he play?"
10: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn:
placement, location, locating, position,
positioning, emplacement]
11: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the
unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose
between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate
situation" [syn: situation, position]
12: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance,
posture]
13: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an
argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
[syn: side, position]
14: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place";
"moved from third to fifth position" [syn: place,
position]
15: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or
served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place,
lieu]
16: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or
axiom
v 1: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
2: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent
of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
[syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay]