English to English noun
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the particular portion of space occupied by something | | Example: he put the lamp back in its place
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a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons | | source: wordnet30
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a way of regarding situations or topics etc. | | Example: consider what follows from the positivist view
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the arrangement of the body and its limbs | | Example: he assumed an attitude of surrender
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the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society | | Example: 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
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a job in an organization | | Example: he occupied a post in the treasury
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the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated | | Example: the position of the hands on the clock he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
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the appropriate or customary location | | Example: the cars were in position
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(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player | | Example: what position does he play?
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the act of putting something in a certain place | | source: wordnet30
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a condition or position in which you find yourself | | Example: the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils found herself in a very fortunate situation
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a rationalized mental attitude | | source: wordnet30
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an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute | | Example: there are two sides to every question
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an item on a list or in a sequence | | Example: in the second place moved from third to fifth position
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the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | | Example: can you go in my stead? took his place in lieu of
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the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | | source: wordnet30
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put into a certain place or abstract location | | Example: Put your things here Set the tray down Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children Place emphasis on a certain point
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To indicate the position of; to place. | | source: webster1913
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