position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
enpr: pə-zĭshʹ(ə)n
ipa: /pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/
note: Indic
ipa: /pɵˈzɪʃɐn/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: positions
Etymology: From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1960 December 24, “Talking of Trains: Recording Electric Operation”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 707:
synonyms: stead
glosses: A place or location.
glosses: A post of employment; a job.
examples: text: Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
glosses: A status or rank.
examples: text: My position on this issue is unchanged.
text: 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.
ref: 1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:
glosses: An opinion, stand, or stance.
examples: text: Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
glosses: A posture.
examples: text: The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
glosses: A situation suitable to perform some action.
examples: text: Stop running all over the field and play your position!
qualifier: team sports
glosses: A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
examples: text: long position
text: naked position
text: 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).
ref: 2011, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 253:
topics: business
finance
glosses: An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
topics: business
finance
glosses: 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.
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: The order in which players are seated around the table.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: 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
key position
lithotomy position
long position
lotus position
missionary position
naked position
net position
neutral position
occlusal position
open position
overnight position
pole position
position of trust
post 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: sense: Prefixed forms
word: adposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: ambiposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: bipositionality
sense: Prefixed forms
word: circumposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: contraposition
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word: counterposition
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word: dextroposition
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word: extraposition
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word: foreposition
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word: geoposition
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word: infraposition
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word: juxtaposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: juxta-position
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word: like-positioned
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word: malposition
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word: midposition
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word: misposition
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word: multiposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: outposition
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word: paleoposition
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word: postposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: preposition
sense: Prefixed forms
word: reposition
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word: retroposition
sense: Suffixed forms
word: positionable → positionability
sense: Suffixed forms
word: positional → positionally
sense: Suffixed forms
word: positionless
sense: Suffixed forms
word: possie
sense: Suffixed forms
word: pozzy
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: assume the position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: cash position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: crucifix position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: diaper position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: early position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: emergency position indicating radio beacon
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: emergency position indicating radio-beacon
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: emergency position indicating radiobeacon
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: estimated position
topics: body
anatomy
medicine
sciences
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: hollow position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: jockey for position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: late position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: make position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: middle position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: orthopneic position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: podium position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position argument
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position effect
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position limit
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position of strength
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position paper
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position sense
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position trader
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position trading
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: position vector
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: put someone in a false position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: reverse cowgirl position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: root position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: sniffing position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: support position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: take a position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: take position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: thumb position
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: tripod position
Related terms: ponent
pose
posish
posit
positional
positive