position

Meanings

• the particular portion of space occupied by something
• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• the arrangement of the body and its limbs
• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
  • "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
• a job in an organization
• the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
  • "the position of the hands on the clock"
• the appropriate or customary location
  • "the cars were in position"
• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
  • "what position does he play?"
• the act of putting something in a certain place
• a condition or position in which you find yourself
  • "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"
• a rationalized mental attitude
• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
• an item on a list or in a sequence
  • "moved from third to fifth position"
• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
• put into a certain place or abstract location

Synonyms

attitude, berth, billet, emplacement, lay, lieu, locating, location, military position, office, perspective, place, placement, pose, positioning, post, posture, put, set, side, situation, spatial relation, spot, stance, status, stead, view