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Meaning of position

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  position
      n 1: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he
           put the lamp back in its place" [syn: {position}, {place}]
      2: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons [syn:
         {military position}, {position}]
      3: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what
         follows from the positivist view" [syn: {position}, {view},
         {perspective}]
      4: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an
         attitude of surrender" [syn: {position}, {posture},
         {attitude}]
      5: 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" [syn: {status},
         {position}]
      6: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
         treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office},
         {spot}, {billet}, {place}, {situation}]
      7: 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" [syn: {position}, {spatial relation}]
      8: the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in
         position"
      9: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
         "what position does he play?"
      10: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn:
          {placement}, {location}, {locating}, {position},
          {positioning}, {emplacement}]
      11: 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" [syn: {situation}, {position}]
      12: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: {position}, {stance},
          {posture}]
      13: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an
          argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
          [syn: {side}, {position}]
      14: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place";
          "moved from third to fifth position" [syn: {place},
          {position}]
      15: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or
          served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
          place"; "in lieu of" [syn: {stead}, {position}, {place},
          {lieu}]
      16: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or
          axiom
      v 1: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
      2: 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"
         [syn: {put}, {set}, {place}, {pose}, {position}, {lay}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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