noun
Meaning 1
A place or location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stead
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
position
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
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Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [pəˈzɪʃ.n̩]
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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New-Zealand: /pəˈzəʃ.ən/
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New-Zealand: [pəˈzəʃ.n̩]
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India, North: /poːˈziː.ʃən/
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India, South: /ˈpɵ.zɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -ɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 2
A post of employment; a job.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A status or rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An opinion, stand, or stance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My position on this issue is unchanged.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A posture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A situation suitable to perform some action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: team sports
Examples
- Stop running all over the field and play your position!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- long position
- naked position
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arithmetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
The order in which players are seated around the table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A pin; a connector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To put into place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assumption
noun
Meaning 16
a job in an organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he occupied a post in the treasury
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: occupation, business, job, line of work, line
Narrower terms: academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, associateship, attorneyship, bailiffship, baronetage, bishopry, episcopate, cadetship, caliphate, captainship, captaincy, cardinalship, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, clerkship, commandership, commandery, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counselorship, counsellorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, deanship, deanery, directorship, discipleship, editorship, eldership, emirate, fatherhood, foremanship, generalship, generalcy, governorship, headship, hot seat, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, judgeship, judicature, khanate, lectureship, legation, legateship, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, magistracy, magistrature, managership, manhood, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, moderatorship, overlordship, pastorship, pastorate, peasanthood, plum, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, prelature, premiership, presidency, presidentship, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulship, proconsulate, proctorship, professorship, chair, protectorship, public office, rabbinate, receivership, rectorship, rectorate, regency, residency, rulership, sainthood, secretaryship, seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship, studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship, trusteeship, vice-presidency, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, womanhood
noun
Meaning 17
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- can you go in my stead?
- took his place
- in lieu of
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stead, place, lieu
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: function, office, part, role
Narrower terms: behalf
noun
Meaning 18
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what position does he play?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: role
Narrower terms: goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, pitcher, mound, catcher, first base, first, second base, second, shortstop, short, third base, third, left field, leftfield, center field, centerfield, right field, rightfield, forward, center, guard, back, lineman, mid-off, mid-on, cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot
noun
Meaning 19
the act of putting something in a certain place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: placement, location, locating, positioning, emplacement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: stratification, juxtaposition, apposition, collocation, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering
noun
Meaning 20
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the position of the hands on the clock
- he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spatial relation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: occlusion, tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning, gradient, slope, placement, arrangement, point of view, coincidence, dead center, dead centre, centrality, marginality, anteriority, posteriority, outwardness, externality, inwardness, malposition, misplacement, northernness, southernness, horizontality, verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness, slot, room, way, elbow room, direction, angular position
noun
Meaning 21
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he assumed an attitude of surrender
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: posture, attitude
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily property
Narrower terms: order arms, ballet position, decubitus, eversion, lithotomy position, lotus position, missionary position, pose, presentation, ectopia, asana, guard, sprawl, sprawling, stance, tuck
noun
Meaning 22
a rationalized mental attitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stance, posture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attitude, mental attitude
Narrower terms: hard line, point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint
noun
Meaning 23
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- consider what follows from the positivist view
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: view, perspective
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: orientation
Narrower terms: bird's eye view, panoramic view, futurism, vanguard, forefront, cutting edge, paradigm, light, sight, Weltanschauung, world view, straddle
noun
Meaning 24
an item on a list or in a sequence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in the second place
- moved from third to fifth position
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: place
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: item, point
Narrower terms: postposition, preposition
noun
Meaning 25
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there are two sides to every question
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: side
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opinion, view
noun
Meaning 26
the particular portion of space occupied by something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he put the lamp back in its place
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: place
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
Narrower terms: wing, half-mast, half-staff, lead, pole position, polls, pride of place, anomaly, site, situation, setting, juxtaposition, lie, post, station, pitch, landmark, right, left, back, rear, front, stand, vantage
noun
Meaning 27
the appropriate or customary location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the cars were in position
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
noun
Meaning 28
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: military position
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
Narrower terms: ground, line
noun
Meaning 29
a condition or position in which you find yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
- found herself in a very fortunate situation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: situation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: place, shoes, poverty trap, soup, stymie, stymy
noun
Meaning 30
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: status
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: face, election, equality, equivalence, equation, par, social station, social status, social rank, rank, standing, high status, high ground, high profile, Holy Order, Order, low status, lowness, lowliness, legal status, bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister, left-handedness, command, nationality, footing, terms, retirement, caste, dignity, nobility, noblesse, ordination, pedestal, leadership, slot, toehold
verb
Meaning 31
put into a certain place or abstract location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: put, set, place, pose, lay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
Narrower terms: insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce, docket, cock, postpose, prepose, step, replace, put back, stratify, plant, intersperse, nestle, snuggle, pile, arrange, set up, superimpose, superpose, lay over, park, ensconce, settle, dispose, emplace, ship, underlay, trench, pigeonhole, shelve, jar, repose, sign, middle, parallelize, butt, recess, reposition, throw, thrust, tee, tee up, rack up, coffin, bed, appose, set down, put down, place down, sow, seed, misplace, juxtapose, bottle, bucket, barrel, ground, pillow, rest, mislay, lose, upend, seat, sit, sit down, lay, stand, stand up, place upright, recline, set, install, instal, situate, fix, posit, deposit, ladle, poise, lean, clap, perch, load, cram, siphon, position, glycerolize, glycerolise, space, marshal, settle down, imbricate
verb
Meaning 32
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Narrower terms: deploy, aim, take, train, take aim, direct, square, dress, line up, orient
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
292 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ) — place, location
- Arabic: مكان (makān) — place, location
- Armenian: դիրք (dirkʻ) — place, location
- Azerbaijani: mövqe — place, location
- Bashkir: вазифа (vazifa) — place, location
- Belarusian: палажэ́нне (palažénnje) — place, location
- Belarusian: пазі́цыя (pazícyja) — place, location
- Belarusian: стано́вішча (stanóvišča) — place, location
- Bengali: অবস্থান (ôbosthan) — place, location
- Bulgarian: местоположе́ние (mestopoložénie) — place, location
- Bulgarian: място (mjasto) — place, location
- Chinese Mandarin: 位置 (wèizhì) — place, location
- Czech: pozice — place, location
- Czech: umístění — place, location
- Danish: position — place, location
- Danish: plads — place, location
- Dutch: positie — place, location
- Esperanto: pozicio — place, location
- Esperanto: loko — place, location
- Faroese: støða — place, location
- Finnish: paikka — place, location
- Finnish: asema — place, location
- Finnish: sijainti — place, location
- Finnish: sija — place, location
- Finnish: olinpaikka — place, location
- French: position — place, location
- Galician: posición — place, location
- Georgian: მდებარეობა (mdebareoba) — place, location
- Georgian: პოზიცია (ṗozicia) — place, location
- German: Stellung — place, location
- German: Position — place, location
- Greek: θέση (thési) — place, location
- Hebrew: מִקּוּם (míkum) — place, location
- Hindi: स्थान (sthān) — place, location
- Hungarian: helyzet — place, location
- Italian: posizione — place, location
- Japanese: 位置 (ichi) — place, location
- Khmer: ទីតាំង — place, location
- Korean: 위치 (wichi) — place, location
- Central Kurdish: شوێن (şwên) — place, location
- Central Kurdish: جێگا (cêga) — place, location
- Northern Kurdish: şûn — place, location
- Northern Kurdish: cîgeh — place, location
- Lao: ຕໍາແຫນ່ງ (tam nǣng) — place, location
- Latin: positiō — place, location
- Latin: situs — place, location
- Latin: status — place, location
- Latvian: pozīcija — place, location
- Latvian: stāvoklis — place, location
- Macedonian: позиција (pozicija) — place, location
- Macedonian: положба (položba) — place, location
- Malay: kedudukan — place, location
- Malayalam: സ്ഥാനം (sthānaṁ) — place, location
- Māori: tūnga — place, location
- Māori: tūranga — place, location
- Māori: taunga — place, location
- Norwegian Bokmål: posisjon — place, location
- Norwegian Bokmål: plassering — place, location
- Persian: مکان (makân) — place, location
- Persian: جایگاه (jâygâh) — place, location
- Persian: جای (jây) — place, location
- Persian: موقعیت (mowqe'iyat) — place, location
- Plautdietsch: Städ — place, location
- Polish: pozycja — place, location
- Polish: położenie — place, location
- Portuguese: posição — place, location
- Romanian: poziție — place, location
- Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — place, location
- Russian: пози́ция (pozícija) — place, location
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀зӣција — place, location
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏ложа̄ј — place, location
- Serbo-Croatian: лока́ција — place, location
- Serbo-Croatian: pòzīcija — place, location
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍložāj — place, location
- Serbo-Croatian: lokácija — place, location
- Slovak: pozícia — place, location
- Slovene: položaj — place, location
- Spanish: posición — place, location
- Swedish: position — place, location
- Swedish: plats — place, location
- Swedish: läge — place, location
- Tajik: макон (makon) — place, location
- Tajik: ҷойгоҳ (joygoh) — place, location
- Tajik: ҷой (joy) — place, location
- Tajik: мавқеъ (mavqe') — place, location
- Thai: ตําแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng) — place, location
- Tigrinya: ኣቀማምጣ (ʾaḳämamṭa) — place, location
- Ottoman Turkish: مكان (mekân) — place, location
- Ukrainian: поло́ження (polóžennja) — place, location
- Ukrainian: стано́вище (stanóvyšče) — place, location
- Ukrainian: пози́ція (pozýcija) — place, location
- Uzbek: joy — place, location
- Vietnamese: vị trí — place, location
- Arabic: مَنْصِب (manṣib) — post of employment
- Armenian: պաշտոն (pašton) — post of employment
- Belarusian: паса́да (pasáda) — post of employment
- Bulgarian: длъ́жност (dlǎ́žnost) — post of employment
- Bulgarian: пост (post) — post of employment
- Chinese Mandarin: 職務 /职务 (zhíwù) — post of employment
- Chinese Mandarin: 職位 /职位 (zhíwèi) — post of employment
- Dutch: positie — post of employment
- Esperanto: posteno — post of employment
- Finnish: paikka — post of employment
- Finnish: asema — post of employment
- Finnish: työpaikka — post of employment
- French: poste — post of employment
- Georgian: თანამდებობა (tanamdeboba) — post of employment
- German: Arbeitsplatz — post of employment
- German: Stelle — post of employment
- Hebrew: תַּפְקִיד (tafqíd) — post of employment
- Hebrew: מִשְׂרָה (misra) — post of employment
- Hindi: पद (pad) — post of employment
- Hindi: पदवी (padvī) — post of employment
- Italian: posto — post of employment
- Italian: lavoro — post of employment
- Kazakh: лауазым (lauazym) — post of employment
- Khmer: តំណែង (tɑmnaeng) — post of employment
- Korean: 지위 (jiwi) — post of employment
- Lao: ຕໍາແຫນ່ງ (tam nǣng) — post of employment
- Macedonian: должност (dolžnost) — post of employment
- Malayalam: പദവി (padavi) — post of employment
- Māori: tūranga — post of employment
- Māori: nohoanga — post of employment
- Persian: جایگاه (jâygâh) — post of employment
- Polish: stanowisko — post of employment
- Polish: posada — post of employment
- Portuguese: cargo — post of employment
- Romanian: funcție — post of employment
- Romanian: poziție — post of employment
- Russian: до́лжность (dólžnostʹ) — post of employment
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀зӣција — post of employment
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏ложа̄ј — post of employment
- Serbo-Croatian: pòzīcija — post of employment
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍložāj — post of employment
- Spanish: puesto — post of employment
- Thai: ตําแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng) — post of employment
- Thai: อัตรา (àt-dtraa) — post of employment
- Ukrainian: поса́да (posáda) — post of employment
- Urdu: پد (pad) — post of employment
- Yiddish: שטעלע (shtele) — post of employment
- Arabic: مَكَانَة (makāna) — status or rank
- Arabic: رُتْبَة (rutba) — status or rank
- Armenian: դիրք (dirkʻ) — status or rank
- Azerbaijani: məqam — status or rank
- Azerbaijani: vəzifə — status or rank
- Azerbaijani: rütbə — status or rank
- Bulgarian: положе́ние (položénie) — status or rank
- Bulgarian: ранг (rang) — status or rank
- Czech: postavení — status or rank
- Finnish: asema — status or rank
- Finnish: arvo — status or rank
- Finnish: sija — status or rank
- Galician: posición — status or rank
- German: Position — status or rank
- Greek: θέση (thési) — status or rank
- Hebrew: מַעֲמָד (ma'amád) — status or rank
- Hindi: पद (pad) — status or rank
- Hindi: पदवी (padvī) — status or rank
- Italian: posizione — status or rank
- Korean: 지위 (jiwi) — status or rank
- Latin: gradus — status or rank
- Latin: status — status or rank
- Malay: kedudukan — status or rank
- Malayalam: സ്ഥാനം (sthānaṁ) — status or rank
- Malayalam: പദവി (padavi) — status or rank
- Māori: kanoi — status or rank
- Māori: tūnga — status or rank
- Māori: tūranga — status or rank
- Norwegian Bokmål: posisjon — status or rank
- Persian: جایگاه (jâygâh) — status or rank
- Polish: pozycja — status or rank
- Polish: miejsce — status or rank
- Portuguese: posição — status or rank
- Romanian: poziție — status or rank
- Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — status or rank
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀зӣција — status or rank
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏ложа̄ј — status or rank
- Serbo-Croatian: пла̀сма̄н — status or rank
- Serbo-Croatian: pòzīcija — status or rank
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍložāj — status or rank
- Serbo-Croatian: plàsmān — status or rank
- Swedish: position — status or rank
- Thai: ตําแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng) — status or rank
- Arabic: رَأْي (raʔy) — opinion, stand or stance
- Arabic: مَوْقِف (mawqif) — opinion, stand or stance
- Armenian: դիրքորոշում (dirkʻorošum) — opinion, stand or stance
- Bulgarian: пози́ция (pozícija) — opinion, stand or stance
- Czech: stanovisko — opinion, stand or stance
- Dutch: stellingname — opinion, stand or stance
- Finnish: kanta — opinion, stand or stance
- Finnish: mielipide — opinion, stand or stance
- French: position — opinion, stand or stance
- German: Position — opinion, stand or stance
- Greek: θέση (thési) — opinion, stand or stance
- Ancient Greek: θέσις (thésis) — opinion, stand or stance
- Hebrew: עֶמְדָּה ('emdá) — opinion, stand or stance
- Hindi: स्थिति (sthiti) — opinion, stand or stance
- Italian: posizione — opinion, stand or stance
- Malayalam: നിലപാട് (nilapāṭŭ) — opinion, stand or stance
- Māori: tūranga — opinion, stand or stance
- Persian: نظر (nazar) — opinion, stand or stance
- Persian: دیدگاه (didgâh) — opinion, stand or stance
- Polish: stanowisko — opinion, stand or stance
- Portuguese: posição — opinion, stand or stance
- Romanian: poziție — opinion, stand or stance
- Russian: пози́ция (pozícija) — opinion, stand or stance
- Scottish Gaelic: seasamh — opinion, stand or stance
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏ложа̄ј — opinion, stand or stance
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍložāj — opinion, stand or stance
- Swedish: position — opinion, stand or stance
- Thai: จุดยืน (jùt-yʉʉn) — opinion, stand or stance
- Turkish: görüş — opinion, stand or stance
- Turkish: tavır — opinion, stand or stance
- Turkish: tutum — opinion, stand or stance
- Ukrainian: пози́ція (pozýcija) — opinion, stand or stance
- Arabic: جِلْسَة (jilsa) — posture
- Arabic: وَقْفَة (waqfa) — posture
- Arabic: وَضْعِيَّة (waḍʕiyya) — posture
- Bulgarian: пози́ция (pozícija) — posture
- Esperanto: pozo — posture
- Estonian: asend — posture
- Finnish: asento — posture
- German: Position — posture
- Greek: θέση (thési) — posture
- Hebrew: תְּנוּחָה (t'nukhá) — posture
- Hindi: आसन (āsan) — posture
- Italian: posizione — posture
- Korean: 자세 (jase) — posture
- Central Kurdish: شێوە (şêwe) — posture
- Persian: وضعیت (vaz'iyyat) — posture
- Persian: ژست (žest) — posture
- Polish: pozycja — posture
- Portuguese: posição — posture
- Russian: положе́ние (položénije) — posture
- Russian: пози́ция (pozícija) — posture
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀зӣција — posture
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏ложа̄ј — posture
- Serbo-Croatian: постура — posture
- Serbo-Croatian: pòzīcija — posture
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍložāj — posture
- Serbo-Croatian: postura — posture
- Swedish: position — posture
- Ottoman Turkish: جلسه (celse) — posture
- Ottoman Turkish: وضعیت (vazʼiyet) — posture
- Bulgarian: позиция (pozicija) — situation suitable to perform some action
- Finnish: asema — situation suitable to perform some action
- French: capable — situation suitable to perform some action
- French: avoir la capacité de — situation suitable to perform some action
- Bulgarian: пози́ция (pozícija) — place on a playing field
- Catalan: posició — place on a playing field
- Finnish: paikka — place on a playing field
- Finnish: pelipaikka — place on a playing field
- French: poste — place on a playing field
- Persian: پوزیسیون (pozisiyon) — place on a playing field
- Polish: pozycja — place on a playing field
- Portuguese: posição — place on a playing field
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀зӣција — place on a playing field
- Serbo-Croatian: pòzīcija — place on a playing field
- Swedish: position — place on a playing field
- Bulgarian: позиция (pozicija) — finance: amount of financial instruments held by someone
- Finnish: positio — finance: amount of financial instruments held by someone
- Bulgarian: позиция (pozicija) — finance: commitment to buy or sell in the future
- Finnish: positio — finance: commitment to buy or sell in the future
- Bulgarian: метод на предположението (metod na predpoloženieto) — arithmetic: method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions
- Finnish: yritys ja erehdys — arithmetic: method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions
- Finnish: asema — chess: full state of a chess game
- Finnish: järjestys — poker: order in which players are seated around the table
- Bulgarian: слагам (slagam) — to put into place
- Bulgarian: поставям (postavjam) — to put into place
- Finnish: asettaa — to put into place
- Finnish: sijoittaa — to put into place
- Finnish: asemoida — to put into place
- German: positionieren — to put into place
- German: postieren — to put into place
- Greek: τοποθετώ (topothetó) — to put into place
- Ancient Greek: τάσσω (tássō) — to put into place
- Ancient Greek: ἀντιτάσσω (antitássō) — to put into place
- Irish: suigh — to put into place
- Italian: piazzare — to put into place
- Italian: posizionare — to put into place
- Japanese: 配置する (haichi suru) — to put into place
- Japanese: 位置付ける (ichidukeru) — to put into place
- Norwegian: posisjonere — to put into place
- Norwegian: plassere — to put into place
- Portuguese: posicionar — to put into place
- Romanian: poziționa — to put into place
- Serbo-Croatian: pozicionirati — to put into place
- Serbo-Croatian: smjestiti — to put into place
- Serbo-Croatian: položiti — to put into place
- Swedish: placera — to put into place
- Swedish: placera ut — to put into place
- Turkish: yerleştirmek — to put into place
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