position

position
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. situation, placement, point, spot, place, location, site; billet, berth, post, station, office, rank, status; caste; incumbency; dignity, honor. See business, circumstance, repute.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A physical position]
Syn. location, locality, spot, seat, ground, environment, post, whereabouts, bearings, station, point, place, stand, space, surroundings, situation, site, topography, chorography, geography, region, tract, district, scene, setting; see also area 2 , place 3 .
2. [An intellectual position]
Syn. view, belief, attitude; see judgment 3 , opinion 1 .
3. [An occupational position]
Syn. job, situation, office; see job 1 , profession 1 , trade 2 .
4. [A social position]
Syn. station, state, status; see rank 3 .
5. [Posture]
Syn. pose, carriage, bearing, deportment, stance, stand, condition, situation, status, state, mien, form, manner, habit; see also attitude 1 , posture 1 .
See Synonym Study at job . v.
Syn. put, locate, settle in; see place .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. location site, placement, place, locality, situation, *whereabouts, spot, point, bearings.
2. attitude stand, point of view, viewpoint, outlook, opinion.
3. posture pose, stance, attitude.
4. job post, office, function, duty, responsibility, appointment.
5. status standing, class, eminence, station, stature, prestige.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The place where a person or thing is located: emplacement, location, locus, placement, site, situation. See PLACE. 2. The way in which one is placed or arranged: attitude, pose, posture. See POSTURE. 3. One's place and direction relative to one's surroundings: bearing (often used in plural), location, orientation, situation. See PLACE. 4. A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior: attitude, outlook, posture, stance. See ATTITUDE. 5. Something believed or accepted as true by a person: belief, conviction, feeling, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, sentiment, view. See OPINION. 6. Positioning of one individual vis-à-vis others: footing, place, rank1, situation, standing, station, status. See PLACE. 7. A post of employment: appointment, berth, billet, job, office, place, situation, slot, spot. Slang: gig. See PLACE. II verb To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, place, set1, site, situate, spot. See PLACE.

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  • Position — (lat. positio ‚Lage, Stellung‘) bezeichnet: die Lage eines Punktes im Raum, siehe Koordinatensystem und Ortsbestimmung Soziale Position, den Status einer Person in sozialen Beziehungen Meinung, eine subjektive Ansicht bzw. einen Standpunkt den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • position — 1 Position, stand, attitude denote a more or less fixed mental point of view or way of regarding something. Position and stand both imply reference to a question at issue or to a matter about which there is difference of opinion. Position,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • position — verb. • Uniformed constables had been positioned to re direct traffic J. Wainwright, 1979. The use of position as a verb, meaning ‘to place in position’ has met with some criticism, usually from those who object to any verb made relatively… …   Modern English usage

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