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Another word for position

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Noun

  1. The place where a person or thing is located

      1. Manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position
      2. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances:
      3. A position of employment; a post:
      1. The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located:
      2. (Comput.) A location on the Internet that is accessible at a single address; often, specif., a website
      3. The place or setting of something:
      1. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants.
      2. The act of matching a person with a job
      3. Location or arrangement
      1. (Genetics) The position on a chromosome occupied by a particular gene
      2. A line, plane, etc. every point of which satisfies a given condition and which contains no point that does not satisfy this condition
      3. (Math.) Any system of points, lines, etc. which satisfies one or more given conditions
      1. (Film) An outdoor set or setting, away from the studio, where scenes are filmed
      2. A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot:
      3. A place where something is or could be located; a site.
      1. The act of putting into a certain position; placement.
      2. The position in which something is placed; specif., the prepared position from which a heavy gun or guns are fired
      3. Position; location.
    See also:

    place

  2. The way in which one is placed or arranged

      1. An approach or policy with regard to something:
      2. An attitude or way of behaving, especially when adopted to have an effect on others:
      3. An attitude assumed merely for effect
      1. A way of behaving or speaking that is assumed for effect; pretense
      2. A bodily attitude or position, such as one assumed for an artist or a photographer.
      3. A studied or artificial manner or attitude, often assumed in an attempt to impress or deceive others.
      1. A posture or pose of being cocky, haughty, etc.
      2. A manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition:
      3. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself:
    See also:

    posture

  3. One's place and direction relative to one's surroundings

      1. Manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position
      2. A position of employment; a post:
      3. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances:
      1. The ordering of molecules, crystals, etc. so that the axes point in a particular direction
      2. Location or position relative to the points of the compass.
      3. Familiarization with and adaptation to a situation or environment
      1. A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot:
      2. (Film) An outdoor set or setting, away from the studio, where scenes are filmed
      3. A place where something is or could be located; a site.
      1. Direction, especially angular direction measured from one position to another using geographical or celestial reference lines.
      2. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
      3. Relevant relationship or interconnection:
    See also:

    place

  4. A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior

      1. The way a person or animal stands; standing posture, with special reference to placement of the feet, as the posture of a golfer, baseball batter, etc.
      2. The attitude adopted in confronting or dealing with a particular situation
      3. The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action.
      1. An approach or policy with regard to something:
      2. An attitude or way of behaving, especially when adopted to have an effect on others:
      3. An attitude assumed merely for effect
      1. A place from which something can be viewed.
      2. An attitude or point of view.
      3. A point of view; an attitude:
      1. A manner of acting, feeling, or thinking that shows one's disposition, opinion, etc.
      2. A manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition:
      3. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself:
    See also:

    attitude

  5. Something believed or accepted as true by a person

      1. A way of showing or seeing something, as from a particular position or angle:
      2. An examination using the eyes; a look:
      3. An individual and personal perception, judgment, or interpretation; an opinion:
      1. The thought or meaning behind something said, done, or given, as distinct from the literal statement, act, etc.
      2. A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason:
      3. A thought, opinion, judgment, or attitude, usually the result of careful consideration, but often colored with emotion
      1. A strong belief; conviction
      2. A party, faction, or group holding to a particular set of ideas or beliefs.
      3. (Informal) Kind, sort, sex, etc.
      1. (Law) A court's formal, usually written statement explaining its reasons for its decision in a case.
      2. An evaluation, impression, or estimation of the quality or worth of a person or thing
      3. A belief not based on absolute certainty or positive knowledge but on what seems true, valid, or probable to one's own mind; judgment
      1. A mental image; an idea or conception:
      2. A belief; opinion; view
      3. A mental image; general idea
      1. The part or faculty of a person by which one feels, perceives, thinks, remembers, desires, and imagines:
      2. Focus of thought; attention:
      3. The thought processes characteristic of a person or group; psychological makeup:
      1. The gist or significance:
      2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
      3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:
      1. The emotions thought to be conveyed or intended by a work of art:
      2. The sense of touch:
      3. Appreciative regard or understanding:
      1. The state of being found or proved guilty:
      2. (Law) The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged.
      3. The state or appearance of being convinced:
      1. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something:
      2. Anything believed or accepted as true; esp., a creed, doctrine, or tenet
      3. Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.
    See also:

    opinion

  6. Positioning of one individual vis-à-vis others

    See also:

    place

  7. A post of employment

      1. Any job
      2. A job, especially a booking for musicians.
      3. A long, light ship's boat, esp. one reserved for the commanding officer
      1. (Informal) Position; situation; job
      2. A locality; place
      3. (Informal) Position or place in a schedule or listing
      1. A position in a group, series, sequence, etc.
      2. A position of employment in an organization or hierarchy.
      3. An assigned place in a sequence or schedule:
      1. Manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position
      2. The combination of circumstances at any given time
      3. A place; locality
      1. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      2. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
      3. A suitable setting or occasion:
      1. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone:
      2. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place:
      3. A place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted.
      1. A task that must be done:
      2. (Slang) Cosmetic surgery performed on a (specified) body part
      3. The action of doing a task, duty, or piece of work
      1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
      2. A position, job, or situation
      3. The sleeping place assigned to a sailor on ship
      1. A job or position, especially on a ship.
      2. A place to sleep or stay; accommodations:
      3. Any sleeping place
      1. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
      2. The act of appointing or designating someone for an office or position.
      3. An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place.
    See also:

    place

Verb

  1. To put in or assign to a certain position or location

    See also:

    place

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Another word for position

Noun

  1. A physical position

      1. (Music) A composition written or arranged to fit a text, such as a poetical work.
      2. The position, direction, or way in which something, such as an automatic control, is set.
      3. The time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative, drama, or film takes place.
      1. A part of a play, film, story, etc. that constitutes a unit of development or action, as a passage between certain characters
      2. (--- Film) A section of a film, usually made up of a number of shots, which is unified by time, setting, characters, etc.
      3. The place where an action or event occurs:
      1. A geographical or political division made for a specific purpose
      2. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature:
      3. Any region; part of a country, city, etc.
      1. (Anat., Zool.) A system of parts or organs, or an elongated region, having some special function
      2. (Archaic) A stretch or lapse of time.
      3. A leaflet or pamphlet containing a declaration or appeal, especially one put out by a religious or political group.
      1. A division or part of an organism, often called after its main part or organ
      2. A political district or unit, often with its adjacent lands:
      3. An area; place; space
      1. The descriptive science dealing with the surface of the earth, its division into continents and countries, and the climate, plants, animals, natural resources, inhabitants, and industries of the various divisions
      2. The physical characteristics, especially the surface features, of an area.
      3. The physical features, esp. the surface features, of a region, area, or place
      1. The technique of mapping a region or district.
      2. The study of provinces, regions, cities, etc., as opposed to larger-scale geography.
      3. A map or description of a particular region
      1. The arrangement of such features in a particular region
      2. A study or description of a region, system, or part of the body showing specific relations of component parts as to shape, size, position, etc.
      3. Graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map, indicating their relative positions and elevations.
      1. The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located:
      2. The place where something is, was, or is to be; location or scene
      3. The place or setting of something:
      1. Manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position
      2. A position of employment; a post:
      3. A place; locality
      1. (Physics) All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest.
      2. The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance
      3. Plural form of surrounding
      1. (--- Mathematics) A set of elements or points satisfying specified geometric postulates:
      2. (Math.) A set of points or elements assumed to satisfy a given set of postulates (Ex.: space of one dimension is a line and of two dimensions is a plane)
      3. Room in a newspaper or magazine, or time on radio or TV, available for use by advertisers
      1. The place where a person stands or is supposed to stand; position; station
      2. A halt made by a touring theatrical company to give a performance; also, the place stopped at
      3. The place or station where a person stands.
      1. The part of space occupied by a person or thing
      2. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      3. A job, post, or position:
      1. The position occupied by such a unit or guard:
      2. A narrowly particularized and localized position or place; a spot:
      3. A particular or precisely specified position, location, place, or spot
      1. An area where a person is assigned to work.
      2. One that broadcasts radio or television transmissions:
      3. A place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to stand; a post:
      1. (Plural only) Location; where something is situated.
      2. Approximate location:
      3. The place where a person or thing is
      1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., usually long and square or cylindrical, set upright to support a building, sign, fence, etc.
      2. (Basketball) A position usually taken by the center close to the basket or below the foul line, serving as the focus of the team's offense.
      3. Any place originally marked by or associated with a post, as the starting or finishing point of a horse race
      1. The general set of conditions or circumstances:
      2. An area of a computer's memory used by the operating system and some programs to store certain variables to which they need frequent access.
      3. (Computers) The entire set of conditions under which one operates a computer, as it relates to the hardware, operating platform, or operating system.
      1. A conducting object, such as a wire, that is connected to such a position of zero potential.
      2. The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building:
      3. An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle:
      1. A place in which one may sit:
      2. A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate:
      3. The place where something is carried on, settled, established, etc.; center; location; site
      1. (Informal) Position; situation; job
      2. A small area of different color or texture from the main area of which it is a part; often, a mark made by some foreign matter; stain, blot, speck, patch, etc.
      3. (Informal) Position or place in a schedule or listing
      1. Position with regard to surrounding objects, landmarks, etc.
      2. The fact or quality of having position in space.
      3. A particular neighborhood, place, or district:
      1. (Film) An outdoor set or setting, away from the studio, where scenes are filmed
      2. A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot:
      3. Position in space; place where a factory, house, etc. is or is to be; situation
    See also:

    place

    area

  2. An intellectual position

      1. A manner of thinking, feeling, or behaving that reflects a state of mind or disposition:
      2. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself:
      3. (Aeron.) The position of an aircraft or spacecraft in relation to a given line or plane, as the horizon
      1. Anything believed or accepted as true; esp., a creed, doctrine, or tenet
      2. The state of believing; conviction or acceptance that certain things are true or real
      3. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another:
      1. An examination using the eyes; a look:
      2. A way of showing or seeing something, as from a particular position or angle:
      3. Field of vision:
    See also:

    opinion

    judgment

  3. An occupational position

      1. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place:
      2. Public position:
      3. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone:
      1. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
      2. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances:
      3. A position of employment; a post:
      1. (Informal) A state of affairs:
      2. The object to be worked on:
      3. A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee:
    See also:

    trade

    profession

    job

  4. A social position

      1. Position relative to that of others; standing:
      2. High standing; prestige:
      3. The state of affairs; the situation:
      1. (Physics) The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure:
      2. (--- Informal) A condition of excitement or distress:
      3. The territory of a state
      1. A post-office subdivision in a community with a main post office
      2. Such an establishment
      3. An establishment equipped for observation and study:
    See also:

    rank

  5. Posture

      1. A pattern of action that is acquired and has become so automatic that it is difficult to break
      2. A distinctive set of clothing or style of dressing, especially of a religious order.
      3. Characteristic appearance, form, or manner of growth, especially of a plant or crystal:
      1. Kind; sort:
      2. Distinguished bearing or behavior
      3. The prevailing customs, social conduct, and norms of a specific society, period, or group, especially as the subject of a literary work:
      1. A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools:
      2. Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training:
      3. Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in verbal or musical composition:
      1. A way of carrying and conducting oneself; manner
      2. An appearance or aspect.
      3. Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind:
      1. The power or authority represented by a body of people politically organized under one government, esp. an independent government, within a territory or territories having definite boundaries
      2. Condition as regards physical structure, constitution, internal form, stage or phase of existence, etc.
      3. A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development:
      1. (Law) The legal character or condition of a person or thing:
      2. Position relative to that of others; standing:
      3. State or condition, as of affairs
      1. A position of employment; a post:
      2. Position or condition with regard to circumstances
      3. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
      1. A mode or state of being:
      2. A state of health:
      3. A proper or healthy state
      1. A position or opinion one is prepared to uphold:
      2. A halt made by a touring theatrical company to give a performance; also, the place stopped at
      3. A structure for a person or persons to stand or sit on, or to stand at
      1. The attitude adopted in confronting or dealing with a particular situation
      2. The way a person or animal stands; standing posture, with special reference to placement of the feet, as the posture of a golfer, baseball batter, etc.
      3. The attitude or position of a standing person or animal, especially the position assumed by an athlete preparatory to action.
      1. Apparent level of schooling or training:
      2. A manner of personal conduct; behavior.
      3. The manner of conducting or bearing oneself; behavior; demeanor
      1. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
      2. Relevant relationship or interconnection:
      3. Direction, especially angular direction measured from one position to another using geographical or celestial reference lines.
      1. A wheeled vehicle, especially a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger vehicle, often of an elegant design.
      2. Any of various horse-drawn passenger vehicles, esp. an elegant four-wheeled one with an elevated seat for the driver
      3. The act or process of transporting or carrying.
      1. A way of behaving or speaking that is assumed for effect; pretense
      2. A bodily attitude or position, such as one assumed for an artist or a photographer.
      3. A studied or artificial manner or attitude, often assumed in an attempt to impress or deceive others.
    See also:

    job

    posture

    attitude

Verb
  1. See also:

    place

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Sentence Examples

  • She fluffed the pillow and changed position, unable to sleep.

  • Han chuckled from his position near the window.

  • Howard was a good ten years older and had far more important things on his mind – like his new position as partner at the law firm.

  • Surely Katie realized Alex remained head of the household because he liked the position – and because he was married to a person who liked him in that position.

  • I am serious and fortunately in a perfect position to act.

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