Position

Definition: Position

Position

Noun

1. The particular portion of space occupied by a physical object: "he put the lamp back in its place".

2. A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons.

3. A way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view".

4. Position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender".

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".

6. A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury".

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".

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 or location.

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".

12. : an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position".

13. : a rationalized mental attitude.

14. : an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question".

15. : the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of".

16. : the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom.

Verb

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "position" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Aerospace

Chemistry

Computing

Finance

General

Law

Mechanical Engineering

Post & Telecom

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Position

Affirmation

Remark, observation; position; (proposition), saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit.

Arms

Gun, piece; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk; falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur, mitrailleuse; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom; ten pounder.

Circumstance

Noun: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status.

Difficulty

Scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position.

Government

Issue; opinion, stand, position; program, platform; party line.

Office holder, official, occupant of a position; public servant, incumbent; winner.

Mart

Verb: speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier.

Relation

Noun: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,. cognation; correlation; analogy; similarity; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation; (nearness); filiation; (consanguinity); interest; relevancy; dependency, relationship, relative position.

Repute

Rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition.

Situation

Noun: situation, position, locality, locale, status, footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose.

Success

Conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill; achiever, success, success story.

Supposition

Noun: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal; (plan); presumption; (belief); divination.

Term

Noun: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.

Crosswords: Position

French (alignment, attitude, bearing, fix, footing, front, job, locality, location, place, placing, position, posture, spot, stance, stand, standing, status), German (angle, fix, footing, lie, location, position, seniority, standing), Swedish (lie, location, position).

Don't you realise how absurd your position is (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

Nobody can get into that position! (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn)

But in your position it's a risk (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

A man in your position should have two suits (Julian Po; writing credit: Alan Wade)

You sit there, in your lofty position as general, and minister of public parks, a member of high standing among the upper class, and ask what is it (The Good Doctor; writing credit: Anton Chekhov; Neil Simon)

But put yourself in my position, just try to envision (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem)

Embarrassing position of being unable to do your child's arithmetic homework (New Math; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Luck is a loser's excuse for a winner's position! (references; author: unknown)

It is not your position that makes you happy or unhappy, it's your disposition. (references; author: unknown)

You will never be promoted until you become over-qualified for your present position. (references; author: unknown)

When riding a dead horse (government), try promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position. (references; author: unknown)

Rise and Fall of the World as Seen from a Sexual Position (1972)

Perfect Position (1970)

Erecter Sex 4: Pole Position (1970)

Position of Trust (1963)

A Precarious Position (1898)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Fire Up Your Brilliance: The Passion Energies That Position You For Success (reference)

• Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England: Addressed to the Brothers of the Oratory in the Summer of 1851 (The Works of Cardinal John) (reference)

• Semantic Analysis of Word Order Position of the Adjective (reference)

• Towards an Integrated Theory of Adverb Position in English/84103 (reference)

• Wood Quality Factors in Loblolly Pine: The Influence of Tree Age, Position in Tree, and Cultural Practice on Wood Specific Gravity, Fiber Length, and (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Canadas International Investment Position (reference)

• Position Papers (reference)

• Weekly Security Position Listing (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Coach Wayne's Basic Handstand Position (reference)

• Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (reference)

• Sexual Positions for Lovers: Beyond the Missionary Position (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• First Position (reference)

• Next Position Please (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Bushnell 20-60x60 Mulit Position Spacemaster Spotting Scope (reference)

• F1 Pole Position (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• DELONGHI TC100 Dual Position Toaster and Oven (reference)

• Remington LM5 True-to-Light Triple Position Mirror (reference)

• Black & Decker XD1200K 12V 5 Position Drill/Driver (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An illustration of a woman getting a mammogram, showing a cone in position on her right breast. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Shown is a woman prepared for conventional PET scan of her breast with a doctor operating machine to position her breast. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

By applying the adherent properties associated with the surface tension of water, these specialized hairs hold the larva parallel to the water's surface in a characteristic horizontal position. Credit: CDC.

This patient had developed a perforating ulcer of great toe resulting from tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis. This condition results from the destruction of the dorsal columns in the spinal cord, normally responsible for ones position sense. Credit: CDC.

View over the nominal position of New Zealand from Galileo. (New Zealand, however, is not visible in the image as it is beneath the clouds.). Credit: NASA.

Ground shaker at Position "A" Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Duplex measures, carrying the rear bar ahead After making contact, the rear bar was moved to the forward position It was then realigned horizontally, vertically, and for azimuth on the base line Fig. No. 9, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 244. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Herb Meyers observing sun azimuth for position information. Minnesota Camp to Byrd Station Traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Using a hydrographic sextant to position an offshore rock. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Looking over the stern of a purse seiner. The purse seine boat is in position for launching. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling as to win the battle of democracy. (reference)

The armament of these defences shall not exceed, as regards the number and calibre of guns, those in position at the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference)

It is my duty however, for I am sure you would wish me to state the facts as I see them to you, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But X, Y, Z are exactly in the same position as any ordinary purchasers of goods

Slowly, nervously, it entered and settled down in to its accustomed position.

The trying nature of his position drove the blood from his cheek, and made his lips tremulous

He was getting a wider and wider view of his position.

Those are the fellows that can get you a position.

She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken

When the position of the stone is oblique, the motion of the island is so too.

For the most part, we are not where we are, but in a false position.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

X-rays are used to confirm the correct position of the catheters. (references)

The most common classification is by behavioral context or position. (references)

When the retina detaches, it is lifted or pulled from its normal position. (references)

Business

Market position of German and Italian manufacturers is very strong. (references)

No change of position of these firms is anticipated over the next 3 years. (references)

In the GSM equipment market, the European companies are in a dominant position. (references)

Children

Bhutan

Children enjoy a privileged position in society and benefit from international development programs focused on maternal and child welfare. (references)

Cyprus

In the Greek Cypriot community, persons with disabilities who apply for a public sector position are entitled to preference if they are deemed able to perform the required duties and their qualifications equal those of other applicants. (references)

Lebanon

During 2000 Parliament passed amendments to the law on persons with disabilities which stipulate that at least 3 percent of all government and private sector positions should be filled by persons with disabilities, provided that such persons fulfill the qualifications of the position. (references)

Civil Liberties

Laos

There are three official bishops, one each in Vientiane, Thakhek, and Pakse, as well as a fourth bishop for Luang Prabang whose position has not been approved by the country's authorities and who resides in Vientiane. (references)

Kazakhstan

In November Aliyev resigned from his position at the KNB and subsequently was appointed by President Nazarbayev to the Presidential Security Service. (references)

Jordan

Jordan Television (JTV) reports only the Government's position on controversial matters. (references)

Discrimination

Kazakhstan

No one may be subjected to any discrimination for reasons of origin, social position, occupation, property status, sex, race, nationality, language, attitude to religion, convictions, place of residence, or any other circumstances;" however, the Government does not enforce this provision effectively on a consistent basis. (references)

Argentina

The Constitution and law provide for equal treatment for all citizens, and the law provides for prison terms of up to 3 years for discrimination based on race, religion, nationality, ideology, political opinion, sex, economic position, social class, or physical characteristics. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

Penalties for accepting or taking bribes vary from three to twenty-five years of imprisonment with property confiscation and deprivation of the right to retain any position or perform any activity in public service for up to five years. (references)

Human Rights

El Salvador

The appeals court took no position on the applicability of the 1993 General Amnesty Law. (references)

Zimbabwe

For example, during the year, Nkosana Moyo, former Minister of Industry and International Trade, sent his family outside the country before submitting his resignation in May; he also promptly departed to take a position outside the country. (references)

Bolivia

The Human Rights Ombudsman is a position with a 5-year term established in the Constitution. (references)

Minorities

Macedonia

The Roma tend to occupy the lowest economic position of society, and the new arrivals have added to the number of Roma in the ranks of the very poor. (references)

Japan

Several local governments already have changed their rules in response to the Government's position. (references)

Ireland

Despite national school rules that provide that no child may be refused admission on account of social position, Travellers frequently experienced difficulties enrolling their children in school, and at times were segregated into all-Traveller classes. (references)

Political Economy

GERMANY

The European Commission in early 2001 ruled against DP on a formal antitrust complaint from a U.S. parcel delivery company for abusing its dominant position. (references)

COSTA RICA

Costa Rica approved a law in June 2001 permitting public employees to participate in collective bargaining, except in circumstances that would violate existing bylaws or when an employee occupies a managerial position. (references)

HONG KONG

These informal cartels can use their market position to block effective competition indiscriminately but do not discriminate against U.S. goods or services in particular. (references)

Political Rights

Cameroon

Delegate-run cities, of which there were only four in 1992, by 1996 included most of the provincial capitals and some division capitals in pro-opposition provinces, but not in the southern provinces that had tended to support the CPDM. In 1998 a 60-member Committee on Good Governance, created by the Government, publicly recommended that the Government eliminate the position of delegate to allow elected local officials to manage municipal governments more freely. (references)

Liberia

Of the 20 cabinet positions, 4 are held by women, including the Minister for Gender and Development, a position created in April. (references)

Panama

Women hold 7 of 71 Legislative Assembly seats; a woman served as the Assembly's first vice president in 1999-2000, another woman held this position for the 2000-2001 legislative season, and a third woman was elected for the 2001-2002 season. (references)

Trade

Spain

Many Spanish banks have merged to improve, in part, their position in view of the EU single market for banking services. (references)

Norway

Merchant banks have not achieved the same position in Norway that they enjoy in some countries. (references)

India

Measures initiated by the Reserve Bank to integrate the Indian foreign exchange market with the global financial system include: permitting banks to fix their own position limit and aggregate gap limits; to borrow from and invest abroad up to 15 percent of tier I capital; and to arrange hedge risks for corporate clients through derivative instruments. (references)

Travel

Ireland

As an example, the date March 17, 1996 is usually found in written correspondence as 17 March 1996 or 17.3.1996. For currency or other numerical quantities, use commas to mark off the thousands position and a decimal point (period) to denote decimal amounts -- the same practice as followed in the United States; for example IR£1,234,456.78. (references)

Korea

Single women generally receive less respect than married women whose ties to their husband oftentimes establish their position in society. (references)

Austria

Another example of Austrian formality is the widespread use of titles, be they in the form of a university degree or a position in a firm or in the government. (references)

Women

Netherlands

Collective labor agreements usually include one or more provisions to strengthen the position of women. (references)

Laos

In the period from 1998 through 2001, the Government increased support for development programs designed to improve the position of women in society, including in the political system. (references)

Brazil

In the workplace, it applies only in hierarchical situations, where the harasser is of greater rank or position than the victim. (references)

Worker Rights

Thailand

Registration would allow the workers to remain for up to 1 year, after which a review would be conducted to determine if citizen workers were available for the migrant's position. (references)

Bangladesh

The first phase of the project, which involves a 2-month survey to identify children, their employers, and their families, began on August 22. Aiming to remove approximately 30,000 children from hazardous occupations and to prevent another 15,000 younger siblings from taking their position in the labor market, the project focuses on the beedi industry, the construction sector, leather tanneries, match factories, and the domestic work sector. (references)

Armenia

Compensation for overtime work is required; however, it depends on the position and type of employment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "position": abuse of one's position ♦ accept a position ♦ advantageous position ♦ aiming position ♦ air position ♦ aircraft position ♦ Angle of position ♦ angular position ♦ apply for a position ♦ attack position ♦ attendant position ♦ awkward position ♦ backward position ♦ ballet position ♦ bargaining position ♦ basic position ♦ be in a position of trust ♦ be in position ♦ be out of position ♦ bearish position ♦ blocking position ♦ bookkeeping position ♦ bring into position ♦ bullish position ♦ business position ♦ CAM position ♦ cash position ♦ center of gravity position ♦ central monitoring position ♦ change of position ♦ change position ♦ change the position ♦ cleanup position ♦ code position ♦ comma position ♦ commanding position ♦ configuration,administration and maintenance position ♦ consolidation of position ♦ control,administration and maintenance position ♦ critical position ♦ crouch position ♦ crouching position ♦ dead reckoning position ♦ decubitus position ♦ deduced position reckoning ♦ difficult position ♦ dorsosacral position ♦ Double position ♦ elevation position indicator ♦ engaged position ♦ English position ♦ enterprise having a dominant position in the market ♦ false position ♦ favorable position ♦ favourable position ♦ final position ♦ financial position ♦ fire position ♦ firing position ♦ fix the position of ♦ flap position indicator ♦ former position ♦ fortified position ♦ fortify a position ♦ fortify one's position ♦ gate position ♦ get a good position ♦ ground position ♦ ground position indicator ♦ Guns of position ♦ heel squatting position ♦ hold a position ♦ holding position ♦ home position ♦ honorary position ♦ in a good bargaining position ♦ in an upside down position ♦ in position ♦ jockey for position ♦ jockey smb. into a position ♦ Key of a position ♦ key position ♦ lifelong position ♦ lithotomy position ♦ long call position ♦ long position ♦ lotus position ♦ middle position ♦ military position ♦ minority position ♦ missionary position ♦ monopoly position ♦ move into position ♦ neutral position ♦ nursing position ♦ oblique position ♦ obstetrical position ♦ occupation of position ♦ operating position ♦ operator position ♦ operator's position. Additional references.

Beginning with "position": position-dependent, position-effects, position-finding, position-independent, position-integration, position-on-host, position-papers, position-register, position-sensitive, position-statements, position-taking, position-to, position-wise.

Ending with "position": after-position, before-position, counter-position, mid-position, re-position, two-position.

Afrikaans

posisie, houding (attitude, behaviour, conduct, deportment). (various references)

Albanian

pozitë (beachhead, capacity, footing, notch, ranking, side, site, stance, standing, status), pozicion (attitude, fix, lay, location, notch, pose, ranking, situation, stance, stand), post (office, post, rank), pikëpamje (angle, aspect, light, mind, notion, outlook, point of view, side, standpoint, view, viewpoint), vendndodhje (locale, site, whereabouts), vend (clime, country, course, diggings, ground, job, land, location, locus, nation, native land, neck, part, place, point, post, receptacle, region, room, seat, space, spot, station, stead, terrain, territory), rang (ladder, place, standing, state), gjendje (circumstance, circumstances, condition, fettle, form, medium, milieu, Nick, pass, picture, posture, rating, shape, situation, state, status, the right, way). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موضع (locale, locality, locus, object, objectify, place, seat, site, situation, spot), ‏حالة (case, circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, picture, place, plight, pose, posture, rate, shape, situation, state, status, trim, way, weather, whack), ‏وظيفة (berth, billet, capacity, frame, function, job, khanate, metier, office, place, role, service), ‏وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, positioning, posture, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), ‏وضع حرج (stymie, wall), ‏وضع حالة (case, condition, fettle, laid, placement, setting, stance, status), ‏وضع حط, ‏وضعه فى موضع معين, ‏وقع (be located, befall, come, come off, drop, dwell, fall, ground smb., happen, land, locate, place, rhythm, run, set one's hand to, sign, sign up, site, strike, subscribe, supervene, take place, tumble, underwrite), ‏مركز (center, center on, centered, centralize, centre, centre on, concentrated, fastened, fixed, focus, funnel, localise, locality, localize, location, office, post, seat, settled, site, situation, spot, station), ‏رآي (notion, point of view, thinner), ‏مركز منصب (job), وظيفة (job, pay), ‏موقع (locale, locality, location, place, point, post, rhythmic, scene, site, situation, spot, subscriber), ‏موقف (attitude, garage, halt, park, parking lot, shutoff, situation, stance, stand, station, stop, taxi stand), ‏موقف من قضية, ‏مقام منزلة (rank), ‏منصب (appointment, charge, inaugurated, installed, job, nominated, office, post, tenure), ‏مكان (area, locale, locality, locus, place, room, seat, site, space, spot, venue), ‏مكانة (rank, standing, stature, status), ‏كان في موقع, ‏كمن (ambuscade, ambush, dwell, lie in wait, reside, smolder, smoulder, waylay), ‏مركز إجتماعي (community centre). (various references)

Bulgarian 

твърдение (affirmation, allegation, assertion, averment, claim, contention, contestation, predication, proposition, statement), изложение (aspect, exhibition, exposition, exposure, fair, memorial, presentment, prospect, relation, representation, showing), положение (aspect, capacity, circumstance, fettle, footing, juncture, lay, place, placement, plight, point, posture, provision, set, set up, siege, situation, standing, state, train, way), позиционен (positional, stationary), позиция (point, slant, stance, stand, station), пост (assignment, billet, guard, office, post, quarter, room, sentry, station), поставям (affix, apply, deposit, do, laid, lay, pass, pitch, place, pose, posit, produce, put, put on, put up, set, set up, shrink on, site, situate, stage), местоположение (emplacement, locality, location, locus, placement, site, standing, ubiety), длъжност (appointment, office, place, post, situation), гледище (attitude, sentiment, standpoint, view, viewpoint), състояние (capital, case, condition, fettle, fig, fortune, means, pile, plight, posture, repair, shape, state, substance, train, way), чин (desk, form, precedence, rank, rating), разполагам (collocate, dispose, pitch, settle, site, situate), слагам (apply, deposit, fit in, fix, ground, implant, impose, lay, lay down, pass, pitch, place, plank down, pop, posit, pull on, put, put down, put in, put on, put to, rest, run, set, sew on, ship, stand, stick, stick down, vat), служба (body, duty, employment, function, job, office, place, post, room, service, situation), установен принцип, установявам местоположението на, становище (attitude, outlook, posture, stand, standpoint), място (collocation, elbow room, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, place, point, post, room, seat, site, space, spot, stand, station, stead). (various references)

Chinese 

位置 (place, seat). (various references)

Czech

postoj (attitude, poise, port, pose, stance, stand), postavení (emplacement, erection, posture, rank, situation, state, station, status), poloha (aspect, lie, place, site, situation), urèit polohu, umístit (emplace, fit in, house, locate, place, plant, situate, station), hodnost (degree, dignity, estate, grade, rank, sort, standing, title), úřad (office). (various references)

Danish

positionere (locate), position (attitude (of strata), balance, location, plot), stilling (handicraft, occupation, profession, trade), social rang (rank), social placering (rank), orientering (orientation), justere (adjust, align, bring into position, justify, move into position, reposition, reset, set, to adjust, to fit), indstille (adjust, approach, bring into position, move into position, set, to adjust, to fit), arbejde (chore, job, work). (various references)

Dutch

positie (balance), stand (altitude, circumstances, class, condition, grade, height, pose, rank, rate, situation, state), houding (attitude, behaviour, conduct, deportment). (various references)

Esperanto

pozicio. (various references)

Faeroese

støða (circumstances, condition, site, situation, state). (various references)

Farsi 

منصب (Appointment), مقام یافتن , موقعیت (Berth, Case, Lie, Location, Occasion, Pertinence, Plot, Situation), موضع (Locality), نهش , قراردادن یاگرفتن , وضعیت (Case, Condition, Estate, Qualification, Situation, Status), وضع (Aspect, Behavior, Deduction, Demeanour, Gesture, Imposition, Lie, Mien, Ordonnance, Phase, Poise, Pose, Posture, Self, Setup, Situation, Speed, Stance, Station, Status, Stick, Trim), سمت (Azimuth, Face, Job, Set, Side, Title), شغل (Employ, Job, Metier, Occupation, Office, Post, Profession, Situation, Trade, Vocation, Work). (various references)

Finnish

paikka (job, locality, location, patch, place, point, post, room, seat, site, situation, spot). (various references)

French

position (posture), poste (post, post office), positionner (bring into position, move into position), point (point). (various references)

German

Position (angle, fix, footing, lie, location, seniority, standing), Lage (circumstances, condition, lay, layer, lie, locality, location, pitch, presentation, register, round, site, situation, thickness), Stellung (ambassadorship, attitude, class, dignity, emplacement, place, pose, post, posture, situation, stance, standing, standung, station, status), Stelle (authority, digit, figure, job, location, locations, locus, office, passage, patch, place, point, quarter, reference, site, spot, stead), Stand (balance, booth, class, condition, estate, footing, grade, level, place to stand, profession, quality, rank, rate, score, stall, stand, standing, standing position, state, station, status, stood), Posten (article, entry, guard, item, job, lot, picket, post, quarter, sentry, station), Funktion (derivative, function, functioning, funktion, office, role, waveform), einstellen (abandon, adjust, aim, appoint, attune, call off, cease, close down, collimate, discontinue, engage, focus, hire, hold, justify, lock on, place, put in, set, stall, stop, suspend, take on, to collimate, to engage, to justify, to tune in, tune in, twist). (various references)

Greek 

θέση (capacity, class, condition, exposure, job, place, post, seat, site, situation, standing, station, status, stead, thesis), τοποθετώ (collocate, fit, install, instate, invest, lay, locate, place, pose, posit, post, put, set, set up, station). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוצב (emplacement, placed, post, sited, stationed), משרה (appointment, dominion, job, office, post, situation, spot), מקום עבודה, מעמד (caste, class, estate, post, posture, presence, rank, see, standard, standing, state, station, status), מצב (condition, fettle, garrison, occasion, post, shape, situation, stand, state, status), מנח (situs), תנוחה (halt, pause, posture, rest, stance), עמידה (condition, durability, resistance, stability, stand, standing), עמדה (attitude, domicile, posture, stance, stand, standing, standing place, station, status). (various references)

Hungarian

pozíció (pos, standing). (various references)

Indonesian

posisi, kedudukan (ranking, situation, standing, state), formasi (formation). (various references)

Italian

posizione (arrangement, attitude, bearing, bearings, emplacement, footing, function, job, layout, lead, level, lie, location, place, posture, ranking, setting, situation, stall, stand, standing, state, surroundings), posto (job, located, place, post, ranking, right, room, seat, site, situated, situation, space, spot, stand, station, stead), posizionare (locate, locating, retrieval), orientare (direct, jibe, orientate, steer, take one's bearings, take up, train). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

陣地 (military encampment). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いち (fair, location, market, one, place, situation), ちい (calamity, lichen, natural disaster, status), ちほ (foothold, one's stand), ていい (imperial majesty, lower position, orientation, the crown, the throne), はたらきぐち (employment, opening, situation), じんち (benevolence and wisdom, encampment, human intellect, knowledge), けいい (complications, details, easy, honour, how it started, how things got this way, light, particulars, respect, sequence of events, simple, whole story), もちば (job, post, route, station), ざ (being implicatedin, one's place, seat, sitting down, taking a seat), いし (chair, couch, death by hanging, doctor, dying wish, having a person under one's control, intention, office, physician, posthumous child, purpose, ruins, seat, stone, volition, will), たちば (situation, standpoint), いきさつ (complications, details, how it started, how things got this way, particulars, sequence of events, whole story), つとめぐち (place of employment), ぶい (military power, part), きょてん (base, point), しゅうしょくぐち (employment, opening), ラーゲ , ポジション , やく (about, advantage, approximately, bad luck, being beneficial, benefit, disaster, evil, gain, misfortune, profit, role, service, some, to bake, to be envious of, to be jealous of, to grill, use). (various references)

Korean 

위치 (lay, locating, location, POS, site). (various references)

Manx

stayd (circumstanced, condition, domain, estate, pomp, situation, state), keim (amble, caste, degree, estate, grade, of high rank, pace, phase, pitch, shortcut, stage, standard, station, step, stile). (various references)

Papiamen

posishon. (various references)

Pig Latin

ositionpay.(various references)

Portuguese

posição (billet, circumstances, condition, contradictory, design, diagram, emplacement, flag-station, footing, level, lie, location, plan, plane, plant, ranking, see, set, situation, stance, station, status), posicionar (adjust, bring into position, move into position, set). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

posição. (various references)

Romanian

pune (add, adhibit, annex, append, apply, attach, bet on, cause, deposit, do, Don, draw, dress, enclose, hang, impose, lay, lay down, lay on, lay up, Mount, place, pose, propose, put, put down, put in, put on, put up, repose, set, sow, stick), poziţie (attitude, bearing, hang, line up, locality, locus, place, set, setting, site, situation, stand, standing, standpoint, view), posturã (poise, posture, stance, stand, station), post (appointment, berth, billet, job, office, post, station), plasa (fix, get in, interpose, invest, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, post, put, put down, site, situate, station), situaţie (account, berth, billet, case, condition, eminence, footing, location, posture, report, setting, site, situation, state), serviciu (attendance, berth, department, employ, employment, Favor, favour, job, ministration, ministry, office, service, situation, turn), loc (accommodation, billet, blank, corner, estate, field, job, lieu, locality, location, locus, place, point, post, quarter, region, room, seat, site, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, where), instala (arrange, establish, fix, inaugurate, induct, install, locate, pitch, place, put, put in, rig up, set, settle, sink), funcţie (appointment, character, destination, function, job, office, post, role, service), determina locul, atitudine (attitude, friendliness, pose, stance, standing, station), aşeza (arrange, bed, beset, bestow, build, collocate, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, put, put down, put on, repose, seat, set, settle, situate, stack, stand, stick, Stow, subside). (various references)

Russian 

состояние (condition, environment, fettle, fortune, pile, plight, situation, state, status), возможность (capabilities, chance, enablement, eventuality, feasibility, occasion, opening, opportunities, opportunity, possibility, pot luck, potential, potentiality, resource, room, turn), обычное место, место (betting shop, clubland, fernery, location, place, point, room, seat, site, space, spot, stand, station, stead), поза (attitude, plant, pose, stance), позиция (location, situ, stance, stand, standpoint), позиционировать позиция, положение (condition, degree, fettle, footing, lie, location, posture, site, situs, standing, state), должность (function, job title, office, place, post, secretaryship). (various references)

Scottish

inbhe (dignity, quality, rank, station). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pozicija, položaj (billet, incumbency, job, lie, location, office, racket, site, situation, slot, standing, station, whereabouts), zaposlenje (employment, job, occupation), odrediti položaj (locate), namestiti u položaj, mesto (locale, location, locus, place, post, space, spot, station, stead). (various references)

Spanish

posición (attitude, fix, footing, lie, lieu, location, perch, place, point, rank, stance, stand, standing, status), orientar (direct, guide, Orient, orientate, put, trim), categoría (category, class, denomination, flatness, grade, order, rank, ranking, set), cargo (accusal, accusation, appointment, care, charge, complaint, function, indictment, job, load, office, post, trust, weight). (various references)

Swedish

position (lie, location), ställning (attitude, capacity, cradle, degree, gantry, horse, place, rack, situation, stance, standing, state, status), plats (area, capacity, employment, field, ground, houseroom, locale, locality, location, locus, lot, place, post, room, seat, site, situation, stand, station), läge (aspect, bearing, case, exposure, footing, lay, lie, locality, location, mode, pass, set, setting, site, situation, whereabouts). (various references)

Thai

บอกจุดยืนของตน (make someone's position clear). (various references)

Turkish

pozisyon, yerleştirmek (accommodate, deposit, domicil, domicile, draw out, embed, emplace, enchase, engraft, ensconce, entrench, establish, fix, indwell, ingraft, inject, install, lay, locate, nestle, perch, pitch, place, posit, post, put, put in, quarter, reset, seat, set, set up, settle, shake down, sink, site, situate, slot, spot, Square, station, Stow), yerini belirlemek (localize, pinpoint, place, plot, situate), yer (earth, footing, geo-, Glebe, ground, ground-, locale, locality, location, locus, mother earth, pew, place, post, premises, quarter, room, seat, site, situation, situs, slot, space, spot, stand, standing, station, stead, terrain, terraneous, ubiety, where, whereabouts), statü (place, statue, status, statute), sav (allegation, assertion, contention, pretension, proposition, thesis), mevki (class, condition, lay, location, place, promotion, seat, site, situation, standing, state, station, status, ubiety), koymak (closure, dot smb. one, lay, lay down, lay on, Park, place, plant, put, put down, rest, set, set down, stick, sting), konum (attitude, configuration, lay, lie, location, site, situation, standing, state, station, status), görev (appointment, assignment, billet, business, charge, commission, devoir, duty, employment, function, incumbency, job, mission, office, part, piece of work, service, situation, stint, task, work, workings), görüş (apprehension, argument, aspect, case, concept, conviction, estimation, eye, feeling, genius, horizon, idea, interest, notion, opinion, optical, outlook, sentiments, sight, thought, view, vision, visual), fikir (advice, attitude, belief, cogitation, conceit, concept, conception, estimation, hint, idea, ideo-, impression, inspiration, mind, notion, opinion, sentiments, suggestion, thinking, think-so, thought, verdict, view, voice), durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, posture, repair, score, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way), duruş (attitude, carriage, hang, poise, port, pose, posture, stance, stand). (various references)

Turkmen 

pozitsiяa, esgerlik (location), dьzgьnnama (ordering). (various references)

Ukrainian

ставлення (attitude, behavior, behaviour, side, treatment), ставити (ante, place, plank, posit, post, produce, put, set, set out, set up, stage, stagemanage, stand), становище (camp, capacity, case, condition, estate, plight, standing, way), розміщувати (accommodate, allocate, dine, put), місцеперебування (abiding place, abode, come from, fix, locality, occurrence, residence, residency), місце (appointment, lieu, office, place, placing, point, room, seat, situation, spot, station), локалізувати (allocate, localize), посада (appointment, assignment, berth, billet, capacity, incumbency, office, place, post, seat, work), поза (above, attitude, beyond, outside, plant, playacting, pose, posture, stance), позиція (attitude, post, stance), положення (lay, provision, thesis). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vị trí (level, localizable, place, situation), thái độ luận điểm, sự đề ra luận điểm, quan điểm (slant, standpoint), chức vụ lập trường. (various references)

Welsh

sefyllfa (situation), safle (situation, station). (various references)

causa, causae, causam, causas, causis, constitutio, constitutione, constitutionem, constitutiones, dignitas, dignitate, dignitatem, dignitates, dignitatis, ducatum, ducatus, gradibus, gradu, gradum, gradus, graduum, loco, officium, positum, positura, positus, sitû, situm, situs, statu, statui, statum, status, tyrannidem, tyrannidis, tyrannis. (various references)

-had. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "position": positional, positionally, positioned, positioning, positions. (additional references)

Words ending with "position": apposition, composition, contraposition, decomposition, deposition, disposition, electrodeposition, exposition, imposition, indisposition, interposition, juxtaposition, malposition, misposition, nondeposition, opposition, oviposition, photocomposition, photodecomposition, postposition, predisposition, preposition, presupposition, proposition, recomposition, redisposition, reimposition, reposition, superimposition, superposition, supposition, transposition. (additional references)

Words containing "position": appositional, appositions, compositional, compositionally, compositions, contrapositions, decompositions, depositional, depositions, dispositional, dispositions, electrodepositions, expositional, expositions, impositions, indispositions, interpositions, juxtapositional, juxtapositions, malpositions, mispositioned, mispositioning, mispositions, nondepositions, oppositional, oppositionist, oppositionists, oppositions, ovipositional, ovipositions, photocompositions, photodecompositions, postdepositional, postpositional, postpositionally, postpositions, predispositions, prepositional, prepositionally, prepositions, presuppositional, presuppositions, propositional, propositioned, propositioning, propositions, recompositions, redispositions, reimpositions, repositioned, repositioning. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Position" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dposition, pensation, pisidian, pisolino, poision, poistion, poitin, polition, popsition, porition, Posavina, posetion, posishun, positi, positio, positioin, posititon, posito, positon, possetion, possision, possition, posterion, postilion, postion, postition, potition, prosimian, prosition. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: options, potions.

-2 letters: option, pinots, pintos, piston, pitons, points, poison, postin, potion, spinto.

-3 letters: intis, opsin, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piton, point, poons, posit, snoop, snoot, spoon, stoop, tipis, toons, topis, topoi, topos.

-4 letters: inti, into, ions, nips, nisi, nits, onto, oops, oots, opts, pins, pint, pion, piso, pits, pois, pons, poon, post, pots.

+1 letter: positions, postilion.

+2 letters: apposition, deposition, exposition, imposition, opposition, positional, positioned, postilions, postillion, reposition, spoliation, topsoiling.

+3 letters: adoptionism, adoptionist, anisotropic, appositions, compositing, composition, conniptions, depositions, disposition, expositions, impositions, liposuction, lipotropins, malposition, misposition, monitorship, oppositions, ovipositing, oviposition, picrotoxins, pinocytosis, positioning, positronium, postillions, preposition, proposition, repositions, spoliations, supposition.

+4 letters: adoptionisms, adoptionists, anisotropies, anisotropism, appositional, competitions, compilations, compositions, conscription, conspiration, constipation, depositional, despoliation, dispositions, epoxidations, expositional, importations, lipoproteins, liposuctions, malpositions, mispositions, monitorships, monopolistic, operationism, operationist, oppositional, optimisation, outpromising, ovipositions, periodontics, periodontist, photoionizes, photokinesis, pollinations, positionally, positroniums, postposition, premonitions, prepositions, prohibitions, propositions, proscription, prostitution, reimposition, repositioned, suppositions, unpropitious.