position
Definitions
- A place or location
- plaza, town square
- A post of employment; a job
- A post of employment; a job.
- To put in or assign to a certain position or location:emplace, install, locate, place, set, site, situate, spot.
- fortified town
- A status or rank
- A status or rank.
- to put or place. He positioned the lamp in the middle of the table. posisioneer, plaas يَضَع поставям posicionar umístit stellen stille; anbringe τοποθετώcolocar, situar kohale asetama قرار دادن sijoittaa placer לְמָקֵם रख देना postaviti elhelyez (megfelelő helyre) menempatkan staðsetja, koma fyrir collocare 置く (~에) 위치시키다 padėti, pastatyti novietot meletakkan plaatsensette, plassere ustawiać كيښودل، ايښودل colocar a pune ставить, помещать umiestniť postaviti postaviti placera จัดวาง koymak 給....
- An opinion, stand, or stance
- to be (not) in the right place. Is everything in position for the photograph? in plek, op hul plekke في مَكانِه، في غير مَكانِه на място estar no/ fora de lugar (ne)být na svém místě in der richtigen Stellung på plads είμαι στη θέση μου, είμαι σε θέση να en su sitio; fuera de su sitio omal kohal, kohalt ära سر جای خود بودن یا نبودن olla paikallaan, pois paikaltaan être en place; n'ôtre pas à sa place לִהיוֹת בַּמָקוֹם הַנָכוֹן ठिकाने पर रख़ना postaviti megfelelő helyen tepat posisinya vera (e...
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- bullring
- A posture
- A place or location.
- A posture.
- mall, shopping center
- The right or appropriate place: The bands are in position for the parade's start.
- A situation suitable to perform some action.
- The way in which something is placed: the position of the clock's hands.
- A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- An advantageous place or location: jockeys maneuvering for position.
- An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances: in a position to bargain.
- 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.
- A point of view or attitude on a certain question: the mayor's position on taxes.
- A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- Social standing or status; rank.
- The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- The order in which players are seated around the table.
- A pin; a connector.
Equivalents
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Беларускаястано́вішча
Bosanskikantaletakplasmanplažapoložajposadapoštenpostopoštopozicijasijašijastanstatusstavtheпласманпозицијаположајпосадапостстав
Catalàposició
Danskplads
Suomiarvoasemaasemoidaasentoasetelmaasettaajärjestyskannanottokantamielipideolinpaikkapaikkapelipaikkapositiopostisijasijaintisijoittaasuhtautuminentilannetoimituliasematyöpaikkavakanssiyritys ja erehdys
Gaeilgesuigh
Hrvatskikantaletakplasmanplažapoložajposadapoštenpoštopostopozicijasijašijastanstatusstavtheпласманпозицијаположајпосадапостстав
Magyarhelyzet
Қазақ тілілауазым
ລາວຕຳແໜ່ງ
Bahasa Melayukedudukan
Slovenščinapoložaj
Српскиkantaletakplasmanplažapoložajposadapoštenpostopoštopozicijasijašijastanstatusstavtheпласманпозицијаположајпосадапостстав
اردوپد
O'zbekchajoy
Examples
“Train⟳ positions 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.”
“Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.”
“My position on this issue⟳ is unchanged.”
“The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree⟳ with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense⟳ of Moses Law.”
“Stand⟳ in this position, with your arms at your side.”
“The school is not in a position to provide⟳ day-care after 4:00 pm.”
“Stop⟳ running all over the field and play⟳ your position!”
“long position”
“naked position”
“For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000 position in USD/CHF, you'll need⟳ to have⟳ at least $2,000 of available margin to hold⟳ the position ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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