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      position
      noun
      A place or location.
      A post of employment; a job.
      A status or rank.
      An opinion, stand, or stance.
      A posture.
      (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
      (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
      (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
      (finance) 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.
      (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
      (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
      (electronics) A pin; a connector.
      (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
      verb
      To put into place.
      Roots
      ponerepos- · Latin · place, put
      Synonyms for position
      stancenposturensituationnplacementnsteadnlocationnspotnstatusnplacenemplacementnattitudenberthnviewnsitusnpostnlieun
      Words related to position
      marshalshipnpossiecontrollershipnpositionaladjviceroyshipncouncilorshipnviziershipnmispositionedtribuneshipnprimateshipnpreceptorshipntreasurershipnassociateshipninstructorshipncadetshipncounselorshipnperspectivenprincipalshipnprotectorshipnmalpositionnlocationallocatingndirectorshipnattitudinarian

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