Meaning & Definition of Position in English

1. The particular portion of space occupied by something

• "He put the lamp back in its place"

2. A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

3. A way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• "Consider what follows from the positivist view"

4. The arrangement of the body and its limbs

• "He assumed an attitude of surrender"

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"

6. A job in an organization

• "He occupied a post in the treasury"

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"

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

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"

12. A rationalized mental attitude

13. An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• "There are two sides to every question"

14. An item on a list or in a sequence

• "In the second place"

• "Moved from third to fifth 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"

16. The act of positing

• An assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

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"