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position
- /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ Australia, US, UK
- [pəˈzɪʃ.n̩] Australia, US, UK
- /pəˈzəʃ.ən/ New Zealand
- [pəˈzəʃ.n̩] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
noun positions
- A place or location. Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.
- A post of employment; a job.
- A status or rank. Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- An opinion, stand, or stance. My position on this issue is unchanged.
- A posture. Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- A situation suitable to perform some action. The school is not a inposition to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
- A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player. Stop running all over the field and play your position!
- An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution. long position
- A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- The full state of a chess game at any given turn. The following problem-like position occurred in an over-the-board game at a base in Korea:
- The order in which players are seated around the table.
- A pin; a connector.
verb positions · positioning · positioned
- To put into place. While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.
