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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishposicioun, fromOld Frenchposicion, fromLatinpositiō(“a putting, position”), frompositus(“placed, situated”), past participle ofpōnō(“to place”); seeponent. Compareapposition,composition,deposition; seepose.

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Noun

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position (pluralpositions)

  1. Aplace orlocation.
    Synonym:(obsolete)stead
    • 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Recording Electric Operation”, inTrains Illustrated, London:Ian Allan Publishing,→ISSN,→OCLC, page707:
      Trainpositions 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.
  2. Apost of employment; ajob.
  3. Astatus orrank.
    Chief of Staff is the second-highestposition in the army.
  4. Anopinion,stand, orstance.
    Myposition on this issue is unchanged.
    • 1643,John Milton,Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:
      The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in theposition cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law.
  5. Aposture.
    Stand in thisposition, with your arms at your side.
  7. (figurative) Asituation suitable to perform some action.
    The school is notin a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
  8. (team sports) A place on theplaying field, together with a set of duties, assigned to aplayer.
    Stop running all over the field and play yourposition!
  9. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or otherfinancial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
    longposition
    nakedposition
    • 2011, Brian Dolan,Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN,page253:
      For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000position in USD/CHF, you'll need to have at least $2,000 of available margin to hold theposition ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).
  10. (finance) Acommitment, or a group of commitments, such asoptions orfutures, to buy or sell a given amount offinancial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
  11. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or twosuppositions; also called therule of trial and error.
  12. (chess) The full state of achess game at any given turn.
  13. (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
  14. (electronics) Apin; aconnector.

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Translations

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place, location
post of employment
status or rank
opinion, stand or stance
posture
situation suitable to perform some action
place on a playing field
finance: amount of financial instruments held by someone
finance: commitment to buy or sell in the future
arithmetic: method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions
chess: full state of a chess game
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:asema (fi)
poker: order in which players are seated around the table
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:järjestys (fi)
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Verb

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position (third-person singular simple presentpositions,present participlepositioning,simple past and past participlepositioned)

  1. Toput intoplace.
    Troponym:pre-position
    • 2012 June 26, Simon Bowers, “Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have alwayspositioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

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to put into place

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Finnish

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Noun

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position

  1. genitivesingular ofpositio

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchposicion,borrowed fromLatinpositiōnem.

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position f (pluralpositions)

  1. position

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position c

  1. aplace, alocation, aposition. A description of where something islocated with respect to the surroundings, e.g. thesatellites of theGPS system.
  2. (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

Declension

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Declension ofposition
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitepositionpositions
definitepositionenpositionens
pluralindefinitepositionerpositioners
definitepositionernapositionernas

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