Meaning

13 senses
  1. A place or location.

    Stellung, Position, Platz

    положе́ниеpoložénije, пози́цияpozícija, ме́стоmésto

    поло́женняpolóžennja, стано́вищеstanóvyšče, пози́ціяpozýcija

    the appropriate or customary location

  2. A post of employment; a job.

    Arbeitsplatz, Stelle

    до́лжностьdólžnostʹ

    поса́даposáda

    a job in an organization

  3. A status or rank.

    Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

    Position

    положе́ниеpoložénije

  4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

    My position on this issue is unchanged.

    Position

    пози́цияpozícija

    пози́ціяpozýcija

  5. A posture.

    Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

    Position

    положе́ниеpoložénije, пози́цияpozícija

  6. (figuratively)A situation suitable to perform some action.

    The school is not a inposition to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.

  7. A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

    Stop running all over the field and play your position!

    пози́цияpozícija

    (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

  8. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.

    long position

    naked position

  9. 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.

  10. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

  11. The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

  12. The order in which players are seated around the table.

Examples

835 sentences
  1. Tom explained his position to Mary.

    Том пояснив Мері свою позицію.

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  2. All the positions have been filled.

    На всі вакансії вже взяли робітників.

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  3. You place me in a difficult position.

    Ви ставите мене у незручне положення.

    ruТы ставишь меня в сложное положение.

    deDu bringst mich in eine schwierige Lage.

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  4. I understand your position perfectly.

    Я прекрасно розумію вашу позицію.

    ruЯ отлично понимаю Вашу позицию.

    deIch kann deinen Standpunkt nur zu gut verstehen.

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  5. Put yourself in my position.

    Постав себе на моє місце.

    ruПоставьте себя на моё место.

    deVersetze dich in meine Lage.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
place, location:
post of employment:
Русский
By meaning 2
place, location:
post of employment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
place, location:
post of employment:

Origin

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, p

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

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Forms

plural: positions
Singularposition
Pluralpositions

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

52 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in no position
  • no position to
  • in a position
  • for the position
  • position clear
  • your position wouldn't
  • a position to
  • in your position
  • no position
  • for that position
  • position wouldn't do
  • position to do

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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