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position > 18 senses
NOUN	1	position, place	The particular portion of space occupied by something
	2	position, military position	A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
	3	position, view, perspective	A way of regarding situations or topics etc.
	4	position, posture, attitude	The arrangement of the body and its limbs
	5	position, status	The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	6	position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation	A job in an organization
	7	position, spatial relation	The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
	8	position	The appropriate or customary location
	9	position	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
	10	position, placement, location, locating, positioning, emplacement	The act of putting something in a certain place
	11	position, situation	A condition or position in which you find yourself
	12	position, place	An item on a list or in a sequence
	13	position, stance, posture	A rationalized mental attitude
	14	position, side	An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
	15	position, stead, place, lieu	The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
	16	position	The act of positing
VERB	1	position	Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
VERB	2	position, put, set, place, pose, lay	Put into a certain place or abstract location

position > pronunciation
Sounds	pahzih'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...

position > noun 1, location
Meaning	The particular portion of space occupied by something.
Synonyms	place
Broader	point
Narrower	half-mast; lead; pole position; polls; pride of place; anomaly; site, situation; setting; juxtaposition; lie; post, station; pitch; landmark; right; left; back, rear; front; stand; station; vantage
Attributes	right; left
Adjectives	positional
Verbs	position

position > noun 2, location
Meaning	A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons.
Synonyms	military position
Category	military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
Broader	point
Narrower	ground; line

position > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	A way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Synonyms	view, perspective
Broader	orientation
Narrower	bird's eye view, panoramic view; futurism; vanguard, forefront, cutting edge; paradigm; light; sight; Weltanschauung, world view; straddle

position > noun 4, attribute
Meaning	The arrangement of the body and its limbs.
Synonyms	posture, attitude
Broader	bodily property
Narrower	order arms; ballet position; decubitus; eversion; lithotomy position; lotus position; missionary position; pose; presentation; ectopia; asana; guard; sprawl, sprawling; stance; tuck
Attributes	erect, vertical, upright; unerect

position > noun 5, state
Meaning	The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.
Examples	"atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
Synonyms	status
Broader	state
Narrower	face; election; equality, equivalence, equation, par; social station, social status, social rank, rank; standing; high status; high ground; high profile; Holy Order, Order; low status, lowness, lowliness; legal status; bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister; left-handedess; command; nationality; footing, terms; retirement; rank; caste; dignity; nobility, noblesse; ordination; pedestal; leadership; slot; toehold
Attributes	lower-class, low-class; middle-class; upper-class; dominant; subordinate, low-level

position > noun 6, act
Meaning	A job in an organization.
Synonyms	post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Broader	occupation, business, job, line of work, line
Narrower	academicianship; accountantship; admiralty; ambassadorship; apostleship; apprenticeship; associateship; attorneyship; bailiffship; baronetage; bishopry, episcopate; cadetship; caliphate; captainship, captaincy; cardinalship; chairmanship; chancellorship; chaplaincy, chaplainship; chieftaincy, chieftainship; clerkship; commandership, commandery; comptrollership; consulship; controllership; councillorship, councilorship; counselorship, counsellorship; curacy; curatorship; custodianship; deanship, deanery; directorship; discipleship; editorship; eldership; emirate; fatherhood; fatherhood; foremanship; generalship, generalcy; governorship; headship; headship; hot seat; incumbency; inspectorship; instructorship; internship; judgeship, judicature; khanate; lectureship; legation, legateship; legislatorship; librarianship; lieutenancy; magistracy, magistrature; managership; manhood; marshalship; mastership; mayoralty; messiahship; moderatorship; overlordship; pastorship, pastorate; peasanthood; plum; praetorship; precentorship; preceptorship; prefecture; prelacy, prelature; premiership; presidency, presidentship; primateship; principalship; priorship; proconsulship, proconsulate; proctorship; professorship, chair; protectorship; public office; rabbinate; receivership; rectorship, rectorate; regency; residency; rulership; sainthood; secretaryship; seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship; senatorship; sinecure; solicitorship; speakership; stewardship; studentship; teachership; thaneship; throne; treasurership; tribuneship; trusteeship; vice-presidency; viceroyship; viziership; wardenship; wardership; womanhood

position > noun 7, attribute
Meaning	The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.
Examples	"the position of the hands on the clock"
Synonyms	spatial relation
Broader	relation
Narrower	occlusion; tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning; gradient, slope; placement, arrangement; point of view; coincidence; dead center, dead centre; centrality; marginality; anteriority; posteriority; outwardness, externality; inwardness; malposition, misplacement; northernness; southernness; horizontality; verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness; slot; room, way, elbow room; direction; angular position
Attributes	anterior; posterior; external; internal; outer; inner; exterior; interior
Verbs	position

position > noun 8, location
Meaning	The appropriate or customary location.
Examples	"the cars were in position"
Broader	point
Verbs	position

position > noun 9, act
Meaning	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player.
Examples	"what position does he play?"
Category	sport, athletics
Broader	role
Narrower	goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper; pitcher, mound; catcher; first base, first; second base, second; shortstop, short; third base, third; left field, leftfield; center field, centerfield; right field, rightfield; forward; center; guard; back; lineman; mid-off; mid-on; center; cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot

position > noun 10, act
Meaning	The act of putting something in a certain place.
Synonyms	placement, location, locating, positioning, emplacement
Broader	activity
Narrower	stratification; juxtaposition, apposition, collocation; interposition; orientation; planting; implantation; repositioning; set; superposition; fingering; superposition
Adjectives	positionable
Verbs	position; posit

position > noun 11, state
Meaning	A condition or position in which you find yourself.
Examples	"the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"
Synonyms	situation
Broader	condition, status
Narrower	place, shoes; poverty trap; soup; stymie, stymy

position > noun 12, communication
Meaning	An item on a list or in a sequence.
Examples	"moved from third to fifth position"
Synonyms	place
Broader	item, point
Narrower	postposition; preposition

position > noun 13, cognition
Meaning	A rationalized mental attitude.
Synonyms	stance, posture
Broader	attitude, mental attitude
Narrower	hard line; point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint

position > noun 14, communication
Meaning	An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute.
Synonyms	side
Broader	opinion, view

position > noun 15, act
Meaning	The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
Synonyms	stead, place, lieu
Broader	function, office, part, role
Narrower	behalf

position > noun 16, act
Meaning	The act of positing. An assumption taken as a postulate or axiom.
Broader	assumption
Verbs	posit

position > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Broader	put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Narrower	deploy; aim, take, train, take aim, direct; square; dress, line up; orient
Nouns	position; position; positioner; position; positioning

position > verb 2, contact
Meaning	Put into a certain place or abstract location.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something PP
Model	They position the bags on the table
Synonyms	put, set, place, pose, lay
Broader	move, displace
Narrower	insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce; docket; cock; postpose; prepose; step; replace, put back; stratify; plant; intersperse; nestle, snuggle; pile; arrange, set up; superimpose, superpose, lay over; superpose; park; ensconce, settle; emplace; emplace; ship; underlay; trench; pigeonhole; shelve; jar; repose; stick, put forward; sign; middle; parallelize; butt; recess; reposition; throw, thrust; tee, tee up; rack up; coffin; bed; appose; set down, put down, place down; sow, sough, seed; misplace; juxtapose; set down; bottle; bucket; barrel; ground; pillow, rest; misplace, mislay, lose; upend; seat, sit, sit down; lay, put down, repose; stand, stand up, place upright; recline; plant, set; install, instal, put in, set up; situate, fix, posit, deposit; ladle; poise; lean; clap; rest; perch; load; cram; set; siphon; position; glycerolize, glycerolise; space; marshal; settle, settle down; throw; imbricate
Nouns	positioner; position

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