position
IPA: pʌzˈɪʃʌn
noun
- A place or location.
- A post of employment; a job.
- A status or rank.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A posture.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- (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.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
verb
- To put into place.
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Examples of "position" in Sentences
- This placed the debenture holders in a very strong position.
- You are placed in the position of defending the indefensible.
- Katy was placed in an invidious position, nobody denies that.
- In this condition, the eyes deviate from the fixating position.
- The position and the person in the position are certainly notable.
- This placed him in a good position for future preferment and appointments.
- The article to be loaded is placed on the pedestal in the uppermost position.
- This enables the operator to locate any of the three positions with assurance.
- Once the tripod is positioned and secure, the instrument is placed on the head.
- However, the matter about which I write has placed me in an invidious position.