position

noun

1. the act of positing, or placing
2. a positing of a proposition; affirmation
3. the manner in which a person or thing is placed or arranged; attitude; posture; disposition in a sitting position
4. one's attitude toward or opinion on a subject; stand his position on foreign aid
5. the place where a person or thing is, esp. in relation to others; location; situation; site the ship's position
6. the usual or proper place of a person or thing; station the players are in position
7. a location or condition in which one has the advantage to jockey for position
8. a strategic military site
9. a person's relative place, as in society; rank; status
10. a place high in society, business, etc. a man of position
11. a post of employment; office; job to apply for a teaching position
12. Finance the long or short commitment of a market trader in securities or commodities
13. Music
    1. the arrangement of the notes of a chord with respect to their relative closeness or distance apart open position
    2. any of the fixed locations on the fingerboard of a violin, etc. that the left hand assumes for fingering a particular series of notes
    3. any of the various points to which a trombone slide may be moved to change the pitch

Etymology: MFr < L positio < positus, pp. of ponere, to place < *posinere < po-, away (< IE base *apo- > L ab, from, away) + sinere, to put, lay: see site

transitive verb

1. to put into a particular position; place or station
2. Rare to locate