positional
IPA: pʌzˈɪʃʌnʌɫ
noun
- (linguistics) A member of a class of verb in some languages that indicates position or posture.
adjective
- Relating to the position of something.
- (economics) Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
- (chess) Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
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Examples of "positional" in Sentences
- A type that's common in people 60 and older is called positional vertigo.
- Gelfand stuck with a long-term positional strategy of slowly unleashing his central pawns.
- He clocked between 4.38 and 4.40 seconds for 40 yards and performed well in positional drills.
- On the plus side, he also weighed 210 pounds at his pro day, 7 pounds lighter than at the combine, and looked very good as a receiver in positional drills.
- Speltz prefers the term positional plagiocephaly because the babies 'flat heads are caused in part by their spending so much time on their backs' sleeping in cribs, lying back in car seats and carriages.
- COOPER: The family attorney, Michael Manning, said he suspects Gotbaum died of what he called positional asphyxia, which he claims might have begun when the police actually brought her to the ground in the terminal, which we see in that videotape.
- COOPER: The family attorney, Michael Manning, said they suspects Gotbaum died of what he called positional asphyxia, which he claims might have begun when the police actually brought her to the ground in the terminal, which we see in that videotape.
- But the family's lawyer and some experts say she more likely died of something called positional asphyxia, which can come from violent, forceful restraint, such as being placed face down with a knee in the back and handcuffs, creating an inability to breathe.
- With 11 senior players – including the long‑term absentees Nemanja Vidic and Darren Fletcher – occupying the Old Trafford treatment room the phrase "positional rotation" has assumed a whole new meaning as United's fit squad members are asked to pretend they are Ajax-type "total footballers".
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