Meaning of position | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A place or location
2. plaza, town square
3. A post of employment; a job
4. A post of employment; a job.
5. To put in or assign to a certain position or location:emplace, install, locate, place, set, site, situate, spot.
6. fortified town
7. A status or rank
8. A status or rank.
9. 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....
10. An opinion, stand, or stance
11. 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...
12. An opinion, stand, or stance.
13. bullring
14. A posture
15. A place or location.
16. A posture.
17. mall, shopping center
18. The right or appropriate place: The bands are in position for the parade's start.
19. A situation suitable to perform some action.
    figuratively
20. The way in which something is placed: the position of the clock's hands.
21. A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
22. An advantageous place or location: jockeys maneuvering for position.
23. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
24. A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances: in a position to bargain.
25. 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.
26. A point of view or attitude on a certain question: the mayor's position on taxes.
27. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
28. Social standing or status; rank.
29. The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
30. The order in which players are seated around the table.
31. A pin; a connector.

Equivalents

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).”

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