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    po·si·tion
    [pəˈziSHən]
    noun
    position (noun) · positions (plural noun)
    1. a place where someone or something is located or has been put:
      "the distress call had given the ship's position" · "Mrs. Snell had taken up her position on the bottom step of the stairs"
      • the location where someone or something should be; the correct place:
        "make sure that no slates have slipped out of position" · "the lid was put into position and screwed down"
      • (positions)
        a place where part of a military force is posted for strategic purposes:
        "the guns were shelling the German positions"
    2. a particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged:
      "he moved himself into a reclining position" · "a cramp forced her to change position"
      • in a game of chess, the configuration of the pieces and pawns on the board at any point.
      • music
        a particular location of the hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument:
        "be familiar with the first six positions across the four strings"
      • music
        a particular location of the slide of a trombone.
      • music
        the arrangement of the constituent notes of a chord.
    3. a situation or set of circumstances, especially one that affects one's power to act:
      "the company's financial position is grim" · "we felt we were not in a position to judge the merits of the case"
    4. an investor's net holdings in one or more markets at a particular time; the status of an individual or institutional trader's open contracts:
      "traders were covering short positions"
    verb
    position (verb) · positions (third person present) · positioned (past tense) · positioned (past participle) · positioning (present participle)
    1. put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way:
      "he pulled out a chair and positioned it between them" · "she positioned herself on a bench"
      • promote (a product, service, or business) within a particular sector of a market, or as the fulfillment of that sector's specific requirements:
        "a comprehensive development plan that will position the city as a major economic force in the region"
      • portray or regard (someone) as a particular type of person:
        "I had positioned her as my antagonist"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin positio(n-), from ponere ‘to place’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 19th century.
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