position
/pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
Dictionary
noun
- A place or location.
- 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."
- A posture.
"Stand in this position, with your arms at your side."
- (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!"
- An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.
- 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.
- A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
Synonyms:stead
verb
- To put into place.
Synonyms:stell
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