position
See also: Position
English
Etymology
From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
- (General American) enPR: pə-zĭshʹ(ə)n, IPA(key): /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
- Hyphenation (UK): po‧si‧tion, pos‧i‧tion, (US): po‧si‧tion
Noun
position (plural positions)
- A place or location.
- Synonym: (obsolete) stead
- 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.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
- (team sports) 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!
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- long position
- naked position
- 2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 253:
- For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000 position in USD/CHF, you'll need to have at least $2,000 of available margin to hold the position ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).
- (finance) 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.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
Hyponyms
- anatomical position
- body position
- bubble position
- closed position
- cowgirl position
- developmental position
- eccentric position
- fetal position
- fielding position
- Fowler's position
- hinge position
- human position
- lithotomy position
- long position
- lotus position
- missionary position
- naked position
- net position
- neutral position
- occlusal position
- open position
- overnight position
- pole position
- preferred position
- prone position
- protrusive position
- qualifying position
- recovery position
- sacroanterior position
- sex position
- short position
- Sims' position
- spoons position
- statutory position
- Trendelenburg position
- Yoga position
Derived terms
- assume the position
- emergency position indicating radio beacon
- juxtaposition
- positional
- position effect
- position limit
- position paper
- position sense
- position trader
- position trading
- reposition
- take a position
Related terms
- ponent
- pose
- posish
- posit
- positional
- positive
Translations
place, location
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status or rank
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post of employment
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stand
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posture
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place on a playing field
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Verb
position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
- To put into place.
- 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status
- 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.
- 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status
Synonyms
- stell (obsolete)
Translations
to put into place
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Further reading
- position in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- position in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
position (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - position (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- position (poker) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- sopition
Finnish
Noun
position
- genitive singular of positio
French
Etymology
From Old French posicion, borrowed from Latin positiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.zi.sjɔ̃/
audio (file)
Noun
position f (plural positions)
- position
Derived terms
- camper sur ses positions
- feux de position
- position de tête
- position intéressante
- position latérale de sécurité
- position sexuelle
- prendre position
- prise de position
Further reading
- “position”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔsɪˈɧuːn/
- (Light /ɧ/ variant) IPA(key): [pɔsɪˈʂuːn]
Audio (file)
Noun
position c
- a place, a location, a position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
- (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Declension
| Declension of position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | position | positionen | positioner | positionerna |
| Genitive | positions | positionens | positioners | positionernas |
Related terms
- positionera