Dictionary definition · position
noun
- the particular portion of space occupied by something"he put the lamp back in its place"
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc."consider what follows from the positivist view"
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs"he assumed an attitude of surrender"
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society"he had the status of a minor"
- a job in an organization"he occupied a post in the treasury"
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated"the position of the hands on the clock"
- the appropriate or customary location"the cars were in position"
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player"what position does he play?"
- the act of putting something in a certain place
verb
- cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
- put into a certain place or abstract location"Put your things here"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).