Position definition

Position as a noun

1. the particular portion of space occupied by something

   Same sense: place

2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

   Same sense: military position

3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

   Same sense: view, perspective

4. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   Same sense: attitude, posture

5. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

   "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

   Same sense: status

6. a job in an organization

   Same sense: place, post, office, situation, berth

7. the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

   "the position of the hands on the clock"

   Same sense: spatial relation

8. the appropriate or customary location

   "the cars were in position"

9. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

   "what position does he play?"

10. the act of putting something in a certain place

    Same sense: location, placement, positioning, locating, emplacement

11. a condition or position in which you find yourself

    "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"

    Same sense: situation

12. a rationalized mental attitude

    Same sense: stance, posture

13. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

    Same sense: side

14. an item on a list or in a sequence

    "moved from third to fifth position"

    Same sense: place

15. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

    Same sense: place, lieu, stead

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

Position as a verb

17. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

18. put into a certain place or abstract location

    Same sense: place, put, set, lay, pose

Synonyms and antonyms

• place definition
• military position
• view definition
• perspective
• attitude
• posture
• status
• post definition
• office definition
• situation definition
• berth
• spatial relation
• location
• placement
• positioning
• locating
• emplacement
• stance
• side definition
• lieu
• stead
• put definition
• set definition
• lay

All synonyms of position, sense by sense

How to say position

Position has 3 syllables and rhymes with addition. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with position

• addition
• competition
• commission
• mission
• condition
• edition
• definition
• opposition
• permission
• tradition
• recognition
• transition

All 103 words that rhyme with position

POSITION in word games

Scrabble

10

Words With Friends

12

Anagrams

0

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