Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: position
IPA transcription: [pəz'ɪʃən]
Pronunciations of position
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: position, place
    Meaning: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
  • Synonyms: military_position, position
    Meaning: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
  • Synonyms: position, view, perspective
    Meaning: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
  • Synonyms: position, posture, attitude
    Meaning: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
  • Synonyms: status, position
    Meaning: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
  • Synonyms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
    Meaning: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
  • Synonyms: position, spatial_relation
    Meaning: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
  • Synonyms: position
    Meaning: the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"
  • Synonyms: position
    Meaning: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
  • Synonyms: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
    Meaning: the act of putting something in a certain place
  • Synonyms: situation, position
    Meaning: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
  • Synonyms: position, stance, posture
    Meaning: a rationalized mental attitude
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: position
    Meaning: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
  • Synonyms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Meaning: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
Usage examples
  • "Her position!
  • "Yes--in position."
  • A rather trying position.
  • I take a broader and bolder position
  • It put me in a most awkward position.
  • "His position?" Percy Beaumont repeated.
  • Well;--and what is her position mother?"
  • What a position for the Emperor to be in!
  • I have been in a similar position for years.
  • To a high position had come the printer-boy.
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