viewpoint, opinion; siting, locus; location, place; post, job; condition, situation; pose, stance; status of commitments on the market (Finance and Investment)
erect, set, put; place, post
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Position Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Position Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To indicate the position of; to place.
To indicate the position of; to place.
(n.)
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
(n.)
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
(n.)
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
(n.)
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
(n.)
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
position
finder (mil.), a range finder. see under range...
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similar words(11)
key of a position
angle of position
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unfavorable position
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strategic position
single position
lotus position
lithotomy position
The manner in which a thing is placed.
Gosod = n. a placing; a statute, an ordinance; a position; an onset
Gosodiad = n. a placing; a position; an establishing; a proposition
Gwrthgyfle = n. a counter position
Pwy = n. a beat; a butt, adv. in advanced position, pron. who
Noun
1. the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object; "he put the lamp back in its place"
(synonym) place
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) half-mast
(attribute) right
2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
(synonym) military position
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) ground
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
(synonym) view, perspective
(hypernym) orientation
(hyponym) bird's eye view, panoramic view
4. position or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
(synonym) posture, attitude
(hypernym) bodily property
(hyponym) order arms
(attribute) erect, vertical, upright
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"
(synonym) status
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) face
(attribute) lower-class, low-class
6. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
(synonym) post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) academicianship
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"
(synonym) spatial relation
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) occlusion
(attribute) anterior
8. the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"
(hypernym) point
9. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
(hypernym) role
(hyponym) goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper
(classification) sport, athletics
10. the act of putting something in a certain place or location
(synonym) placement, location, locating, positioning, emplacement
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) stratification
(derivation) put, set, place, pose, lay
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"
(synonym) situation
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) place, shoes
12. an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
(synonym) place
(hypernym) item, point
(hyponym) postposition
13. a rationalized mental attitude
(synonym) stance, posture
(hypernym) attitude, mental attitude
(hyponym) hard line
14. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
(synonym) side
(hypernym) opinion, view
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"
(synonym) stead, place, lieu
(hypernym) function, office, part, role
(hyponym) behalf
16. the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
(hypernym) assumption
(derivation) postulate, posit
Verb
1. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, lay
(hyponym) deploy
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"
(synonym) put, set, place, pose, lay
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(derivation) placement, location, locating, positioning, emplacement
Position Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into. The buyer of a commodity is said to have a long position and the seller of a commodity is said to have a short position. Related: open contracts
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Established when an investor makes an opening purchase or sale of an option, or establishes an option spread.
Position Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Location, usually in fixed earth coordinates such latitude and longitude; location, either scalar or vector, often with subscripts such as ENU or XYZ to denote source or coordinate frame; time integral of velocity; Symbols: p,P,x,y,z; Typical Units: ft,nmi; Dimensions: Length;
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Position Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
- interface javax.swing.text..Position
public interface Position
public int getOffset ()
Represents a location within a document. It is intended to abstract away implementation details of the document and enable specification of positions within the document that are capable of tracking of change as the document is edited (i.e. offsets are fragile).
public interface Position
public int getOffset ()
Represents a location within a document. It is intended to abstract away implementation details of the document and enable specification of positions within the document that are capable of tracking of change as the document is edited (i.e. offsets are fragile).
- Method in interface java.sql.Blob
public long position (Blob pattern, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the byte position in the BLOB value designated by this Blob object at which pattern begins. The search begins at position start.Parameters: pattern - the Blob object designating the BLOB value for which to search - the position in the value at which to begin searching; the first position is 1start - the position in the BLOB value at which to begin searching; the first position is 1Returns: the position at which the pattern begins, else -1Throws: SQLException - if there is an error accessing the BLOB
public long position (Blob pattern, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the byte position in the BLOB value designated by this Blob object at which pattern begins. The search begins at position start.Parameters: pattern - the Blob object designating the BLOB value for which to search - the position in the value at which to begin searching; the first position is 1start - the position in the BLOB value at which to begin searching; the first position is 1Returns: the position at which the pattern begins, else -1Throws: SQLException - if there is an error accessing the BLOB
- Method in interface java.sql.Clob
public long position (Clob searchstr, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the character position at which the specified Clob object searchstr appears in this Clob object. The search begins at position start.Parameters: searchstr - the Clob object for which to search - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1start - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1Returns: the position at which the Clob object appears, else -1; the first position is 1Throws: SQLException - if there is an error accessing the CLOB value
public long position (Clob searchstr, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the character position at which the specified Clob object searchstr appears in this Clob object. The search begins at position start.Parameters: searchstr - the Clob object for which to search - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1start - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1Returns: the position at which the Clob object appears, else -1; the first position is 1Throws: SQLException - if there is an error accessing the CLOB value
- Method in interface java.sql.Clob
public long position (String searchstr, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the character position at which the specified substring searchstr appears in the CLOB. The search begins at position start.Parameters: searchstr - the substring for which to search - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1start - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1Returns: the position at which the substring appears, else -1; the first position is 1Throws: SQLException - if there is an error accessing the CLOB value
public long position (String searchstr, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the character position at which the specified substring searchstr appears in the CLOB. The search begins at position start.Parameters: searchstr - the substring for which to search - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1start - the position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1Returns: the position at which the substring appears, else -1; the first position is 1Throws: SQLException - if there is an error accessing the CLOB value
- Method in interface java.sql.Blob
public long position (byte[] pattern, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the byte position at which the specified byte pattern begins within the BLOB value that this Blob object represents. The search for patternstart.
public long position (byte[] pattern, long start) throws SQLException
Determines the byte position at which the specified byte pattern begins within the BLOB value that this Blob object represents. The search for patternstart.
The current location of processing in a cursor. For example, after an application fetches the first 10 rows from a cursor, it is positioned on the tenth row of the cursor. Database APIs also have functions, such as the ODBC SQLSetPos function, that allow an application to move directly to a specific position in a cursor without performing a fetch.
Position Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Position refers to the spatial location (rather than orientation) of an entity. The term may refer to any of the following below.
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Position Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Position of the goalkeeper's hands when fielding a chest-high ball.
The arrangement of the pieces on the board at any given moment.
Position Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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