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position
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[ noun ] the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
Synonyms Examples : "he put the lamp back in its place" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Place your Power_Stands in position and adjust their height so_that this will correspond to the height of your shoulders when you are in a deep leg split as for a heavy Clean . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Keeping the hands in the starting position , run in_place to a quick rhythm . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Each scene is shot straight through , as had been the universal custom , from a camera fixed in a single position , but in the outdoor scenes , especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws , Porter 's camera position breaks , necessarily , with the camera position standard until then , which had been , roughly , that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play . Each scene is shot straight through , as had been the universal custom , from a camera fixed in a single position , but in the outdoor scenes , especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws , Porter 's camera position breaks , necessarily , with the camera position standard until then , which had been , roughly , that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play . Each scene is shot straight through , as had been the universal custom , from a camera fixed in a single position , but in the outdoor scenes , especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws , Porter 's camera position breaks , necessarily , with the camera position standard until then , which had been , roughly , that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play . |
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[ noun ] (military) a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Synonyms Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)The enemy had filtered across the river during the night and a full force of 1000 men , armed with Russian machine_guns , attacked the position held by Chandler 's men . They overran the 7_th_Cav 's forward machine-gun positions through sheer weight of numbers , over piles of_their_own dead . Another force flanked the company and took_up a position on a hill to the rear . (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)If it were the enemy , tactically his position was correct . |
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[ noun ] a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Synonyms Examples "consider what follows from the positivist view" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)To say this , of_course , is to take_up a position on one side of a controversy going_on now for some two hundred years , or , at_any_rate , since the beginning of the distinctively modern period in theological thought . For we have said , in_effect , that of the two alternatives to his position variously represented by the other participants in the demythologizing discussion , only one is really an alternative . If the demand for demythologization is unavoidable and so must be accepted by theology unconditionally , the position of the `` right '' is clearly untenable . Whereas Bultmann 's `` center '' position is structurally inconsistent and is therefore indefensible on formal grounds alone , the general position of the `` right '' , as represented , say , by Karl_Barth , involves the rejection or at_least qualification of the demand for demythologization and so is invalidated on the material grounds we have just considered . Whereas Bultmann 's `` center '' position is structurally inconsistent and is therefore indefensible on formal grounds alone , the general position of the `` right '' , as represented , say , by Karl_Barth , involves the rejection or at_least qualification of the demand for demythologization and so is invalidated on the material grounds we have just considered . |
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[ noun ] position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
Examples "he assumed an attitude of surrender" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)After you have taken_a_breather , reverse the position of your legs so_that the front thigh of the previous exercise is now to the rear , and the rear thigh now to the front , and perform the same movement in the same manner . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)As strength improves start in a standing position with legs wide apart and upper body bent forward . Try to push back to the stand position from the stretched position without any intermediate pushes from the hands . Try to push back to the stand position from the stretched position without any intermediate pushes from the hands . Return to the standing position . |
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[ noun ] (work) a job in an organization
Examples "he occupied a post in the treasury" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)Its ground for this recommendation was that , while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17 , 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ) , that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching , the headquarters of the Jehovah's_Witnesses reported that he was no_longer doing so and , on_the_contrary , had relinquished both his Pioneer_and_Bible_Student_Servant positions . (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)The wrong man in the wrong position , perhaps even in a junior position abroad , can be a source of great harm to our policy ; the attitudes of a U.N. delegate who experiences difficulty in finding adequate housing in New_York_City , or of a foreign diplomat in similar circumstances in our Capital , can be easily be directed against the United_States and all that it stands_for . The wrong man in the wrong position , perhaps even in a junior position abroad , can be a source of great harm to our policy ; the attitudes of a U.N. delegate who experiences difficulty in finding adequate housing in New_York_City , or of a foreign diplomat in similar circumstances in our Capital , can be easily be directed against the United_States and all that it stands_for . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)The position of receptionist was opened in a large office and an announcement was made to the other girls already working that they could apply for this job which had higher prestige and slightly higher salary than typing and clerking positions . The position of receptionist was opened in a large office and an announcement was made to the other girls already working that they could apply for this job which had higher prestige and slightly higher salary than typing and clerking positions . Related terms occupation job legation professorship apprenticeship academicianship bishopry chairmanship chaplaincy attorneyship clerkship comptrollership bailiffship admiralty discipleship chancellorship foremanship chieftaincy headship commandership internship consulship legislatorship controllership cadetship ambassadorship curacy accountantship counselorship messiahship prelacy editorship eldership emirate protectorship generalship governorship headship solicitorship incumbency inspectorship instructorship tribuneship judgship lectureship fatherhood khanate librarianship lieutenancy councillorship caliphate marshalship mastership mayoralty moderatorship curatorship overlordship pastorship custodianship captainship praetorship precentorship deanship premiership presidency primateship principalship priorship proconsulship proctorship preceptorship prefecture receivership regency rulership secretaryship senatorship sinecure directorship speakership stewardship studentship teachership thaneship throne treasurership cardinalship viceroyship viziership wardenship wardership hot_seat apostleship fatherhood managership manhood peasanthood public_office residency sainthood womanhood magistracy station officiate post |
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[ noun ] the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Synonyms Examples : "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" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Nevertheless , with a reading public that longs for `` the_good_old_days '' and with an awareness of our expanding international interests , it is easy for the Benets to obtain a magnified position in literature by use of all sorts of Americana , real or fake , and it is easy for the Steinbecks and Sandburgs to support their messages of reform by reading messages of reform into the minds of the folk . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)This may be helpful in improving the competitive position of established firms through diversification and expansion or through more economical utilization of plant capacity . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)Brains and beauty , high position in both the social and intellectual worlds , athlete , fabled lover - if ever the_world_was_any_man's_oyster it was his . Related terms state retirement rank leadership standing footing social_station command equality bastardy citizenship nationality face marital_status holy_order toehold caste ordination high_status pedestal low_status legal_status dignity nobility election slot high_ground high_profile dominant middle-class middle-class lower-class subordinate upper-class |
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[ noun ] the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
Synonyms Examples "the position of the hands on the clock" "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)When a dot appears close to the end of the transverse line , the `` moderate '' rating may be further classified according_to the position of the dot with_respect_to the vertical marking denoting the mean age . As an example of the interpretation of an arrow in the figure which exceeds four months in shaft length in conjunction with its position in the figure : girl 2 had a delayed Onset and further delayed Completion . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)It was only natural that Fletcher would strive for a position in which he could make the decisions . Related terms relation room direction placement gradient slot marginality tilt centrality posteriority angular_position occlusion northernness malposition horizontality southernness anteriority dead_center outwardness inwardness verticality point_of_view coincidence internal external outer inner posterior anterior exterior interior |
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[ noun ] the appropriate or customary location
Examples "the cars were in position" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Examples "what position does he play?" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Moritz is listed on the Longhorn roster as a right halfback , the position at which he lettered on the 1956 team . But ask coach Darrell_Royal what position he plays and you 'll get the quick response , `` place_kicker '' . |
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[ noun ] the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Synonyms location placement positioning emplacement situating locating Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)We simply find ourselves in the position of having no means for inquiring into the structure and meaning of this range of our experience . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Prevot had said that the searchlights would be bounced off the clouds at 2230 hours , `` which gives us time to get settled in position '' . |
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[ verb ] cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Used in print (Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard, "How to design your...)Position these using six intermediate temporary * * f spacers and locate the upper 12 '' bar `` A '' . (The Family Handyman, 11:5...)The head is mounted on a horizontal arm that swivels on the supporting column to position the drill_bit instead of the work . |
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[ verb ] put into a certain place or abstract location
Examples "Put your things here" "Set the tray down" "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" "Place emphasis on a certain point" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)The round cells were reproducibly positioned in the light_beam which entered the thermostated mineral_oil bath through a window . Related terms move situate install settle arrange lay park seat plant replace misplace throw set_down lean sow superimpose space stand recess clap stick throw juxtapose cock marshal ground pillow butt docket ensconce stow poise rest misplace glycerolize set_down pitch middle sign bucket prepose postpose parallelize barrel pile reposition superpose tee bottle coffin rack_up perch load bed cram trench appose jar shelve upend set ladle pigeonhole siphon repose intersperse raise assemble assemble arrange postpone postpone lay put_on communicate range replace range land post drop imprison ensnare rig set_back disembark set_back |
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[ verb ] put into a certain place or abstract location
Examples "Put your things here" "Set the tray down" "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" "Place emphasis on a certain point" Related terms put move install settle arrange lay park insert seat plant replace throw misplace lean set_down sow superimpose bury space stand recess stick clap cock deposit throw juxtapose glycerolize marshal misplace butt poise ensconce rest docket set_down pillow ground plant stratify nestle bottle emplace barrel bucket imbricate sign repose intersperse postpose parallelize pile reposition superpose middle tee prepose load perch cram trench coffin rack_up upend pigeonhole ladle underlay appose bed siphon set emplace ship recline step jar shelve raise assemble arrange postpone lay put_on communicate replace range land post drop imprison ensnare rig set_back disembark topographic_point set space setting |
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[ noun ] a condition or position in which you find yourself
Synonyms Examples : "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils" "found herself in a very fortunate situation" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)Suppose , he says , that the tables_were_turned , and we were in the Soviets ' position : `` There would be more_than 2000 modern Soviet fighters , all better than ours , stationed at 250 bases in Mexico and the Caribbean . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a rationalized mental attitude
Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)This is important to understanding the position that doctrinaire liberals found themselves in after World_War_2 , and our great democratic victory that brought no peace . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
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[ noun ] an item on a list or in a sequence
Synonyms Examples "in the second place" "moved from third to fifth position" Related terms |
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