position
n.
viewpoint, opinion; siting, locus; location, place; post, job; condition, situation; pose, stance; status of commitments on the market (Finance and Investment)
v.
erect, set, put; place, post
Position
Position (die)
n.
position, siting, location, place; post
position (f)
n.
position, location, placing; place; standing, bearing, status; stand, attitude; posture, alignment
Position
(v. t.)
To indicate the position of; to place.
(n.)
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
(n.)
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
(n.)
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
(n.)
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
(n.)
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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