position
noun
[ pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a place where someone or something is located or has been put.
• "the distress call had given the ship's position"
Similar:
location,
place,
situation,
spot,
site,
locality,
locale,
scene,
setting,
area,
point,
whereabouts,
bearings,
orientation,
possie,
locus,
• a particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged.
• "he moved himself into a reclining position"
• a situation, especially as it affects one's power to act.
• "the company's financial position is grim"
Similar:
situation,
state,
condition,
circumstances,
set of circumstances,
state of affairs,
case,
predicament,
plight,
pass,
strait(s),
• a person's point of view or attitude towards something.
• "the party's position on abortion"
Similar:
point of view,
viewpoint,
opinion,
way of thinking,
outlook,
attitude,
stand,
standpoint,
stance,
posture,
angle,
perspective,
approach,
slant,
thinking,
policy,
thoughts,
ideas,
sentiments,
feelings,
• the extent to which an investor, dealer, or speculator has made a commitment in the market by buying or selling securities.
• "traders were covering short positions"
• a proposition laid down or asserted; a tenet or assertion.
position
verb
• put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.
• "he pulled out a chair and positioned it between them"
Similar:
put,
place,
locate,
situate,
set,
site,
stand,
station,
lay,
lie,
rest,
prop,
plant,
stick,
install,
settle,
arrange,
dispose,
array,
range,
lay out,
deploy,
orient,
orientate,
plonk,
park,
posit,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin positio(n- ), from ponere ‘to place’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 19th century.
