# position
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
* (General American) enPR: pə-zĭshʹ(ə)n, IPA: /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪʃən
* Hyphenation (UK): po‧si‧tion, pos‧i‧tion, (US): po‧si‧tion

### Noun

position (plural positions)
* A place or location.
    Synonym: (obsolete) stead
** 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Recording Electric Operation”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 707:Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.
* A post of employment; a job.
* A status or rank.
    Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
* An opinion, stand, or stance.
    My position on this issue is unchanged.
** 1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law.
* A posture.
    Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
* (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
    The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
* (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
    Stop running all over the field and play your position!
* (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
    long position
    naked position
** 2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 253:For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000 position in USD/CHF, you'll need to have at least $2,000 of available margin to hold the position ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).
* (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.

#### Hyponyms

* anatomical position
* body position
* bubble position
* closed position
* code position
* cowgirl position
* developmental position
* eccentric position
* fetal position
* fielding position
* fifth position
* first position
* fourth position
* Fowler's position
* hinge position
* human position
* lithotomy position
* long position
* lotus position
* missionary position
* naked position
* net position
* neutral position
* occlusal position
* open position
* overnight position
* pole position
* preferred position
* prone position
* protrusive position
* qualifying position
* recovery position
* sacroanterior position
* second position
* serial position effect
* sex position
* short position
* Sims position
* Sims' position
* sniffing-the-morning-air position
* spoons position
* statutory position
* third position
* Trendelenburg position
* Yoga position

#### Derived terms

* adposition
* ambiposition
* bipositionality
* circumposition
* contraposition
* counterposition
* dextroposition
* extraposition
* foreposition
* geoposition
* infraposition
* juxtaposition (obs. juxta-position)
* like-positioned
* malposition
* midposition
* misposition
* multiposition
* outposition
* paleoposition
* postposition
* preposition
* reposition
* retroposition
* positionable → positionability
* positional → positionally
* positionless
* possie, pozzy
* assume the position
* cash position
* crucifix position
* early position
* emergency position indicating radio beacon
* emergency position indicating radio-beacon
* emergency position indicating radiobeacon
* estimated position
* hollow (body) position
* jockey for position
* late position
* middle position
* orthopneic position
* podium position
* position argument
* position effect
* position limit
* position of strength
* position paper
* position sense
* position trader, position trading
* position vector
* put someone in a false position
* reverse cowgirl position
* root position
* sniffing position
* support position
* take a position
* thumb position
* tripod position

#### Related terms

* ponent
* pose
* posish
* posit
* positional
* positive

#### Translations

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### Verb

position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
* To put into place.
    Troponym: pre-position
** 2012 June 26, Simon Bowers, “Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status”, in The Guardian‎:While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

#### Synonyms

* stell (obsolete)

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “position”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “position”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* position (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* position (geometry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* position (poker) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* sopition

## Finnish
### Noun

position
* genitive singular of positio

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French posicion, borrowed from Latin positiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /po.zi.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

position f (plural positions)
* position

#### Derived terms

* camper sur ses positions
* feux de position
* position de tête
* position intéressante
* position latérale de sécurité
* position sexuelle
* prendre position
* prise de position

### Further reading

* “position”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔsɪˈɧuːn/
* (Light /ɧ/ variant) IPA: [pɔsɪˈʂuːn]
** Audio:(file)

### Noun

position c
* a place, a location, a position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
* (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | position | positions |
| singular | definite | positionen | positionens |
| plural | indefinite | positioner | positioners |
| plural | definite | positionerna | positionernas |

#### Related terms

* positionera