position

Noun

• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  • can you go in my stead?
    
  • took his place
    
  • in lieu of
    

• an item on a list or in a sequence
  • in the second place
    
  • moved from third to fifth position
    

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
  • there are two sides to every question
    

• a rationalized mental attitude

• 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
    

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
  • what position does he play?
    

• the appropriate or customary location
  • the cars were in position
    

• 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
    

• a job in an organization
  • he occupied a post in the treasury
    

• 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
    

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  • he assumed an attitude of surrender
    

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
  • consider what follows from the positivist view
    

• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

• the particular portion of space occupied by something
  • he put the lamp back in its place
    

Verb

• 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
    

• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

Related words

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