positions

/pəˈzɪʃənz/

noun

  1. 1

    A place or location.

  2. 2

    A post of employment; a job.

  3. 3

    A status or rank.

    Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
  4. 4

    An opinion, stand or stance.

    My position on this issue is unchanged.
  5. 5

    A posture.

    Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
  6. 6

    (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!
  7. 7

    An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.

  8. 8

    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.

  9. 9

    A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

  10. 10

    The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

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verb

  1. 1

    To put into place.

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