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Definitions for Positioning

[1] condition with reference to place; location; situation.
[2] a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position.
[3] the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position.
[4] situation or condition, especially with relation to favorable or unfavorable circumstances: to be in an awkward position; to bargain from a position of strength.
[5] status or standing: He has a position to maintain in the community.
[6] high standing, as in society; important status: a person of wealth and position.
[7] a post of employment: a position in a bank.
[8] manner of being placed, disposed, or arranged: the relative position of the hands of a clock.
[9] bodily posture or attitude: to be in a sitting position.
[10] mental attitude; stand: one's position on a controversial topic.
[11] the act of positing.
[12] something that is posited.
[13] Ballet . any of the five basic positions of the feet with which every step or movement begins and ends. Compare first position, second position, third position, fourth position, fifth position.
[14] Music . the arrangement of tones in a chord, especially with regard to the location of the root tone in a triad or to the distance of the tones from each other. Compare close position, inversion(def 8a) , open position, root position. any of the places on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument where the fingers stop the strings to produce the variouspitches. any of the places to which the slide of a trombone is shifted to produce changes in pitch.
[15] Finance . a commitment to buy or sell securities: He took a large position in defense stocks.
[16] Classical Prosody . the situation of a short vowel before two or more consonants or their equivalent, making the syllable metrically long.
[17] to put in a particular or appropriate position; place.
[18] to determine the position of; locate.
[19] the position held by a product brand in the opinion of consumers, in comparison with its competitors' brands
[20] the place, situation, or location of a person or thing he took up a position to the rear
[21] the appropriate or customary location the telescope is in position for use
[22] the arrangement or disposition of the body or a part of the body the corpse was found in a sitting position
[23] the manner in which a person or thing is placed; arrangement
[24] military an area or point occupied for tactical reasons
[25] mental attitude; point of view; stand what's your position on this issue?
[26] social status or standing, esp high social standing
[27] a post of employment; job
[28] the act of positing a fact or viewpoint
[29] something posited, such as an idea, proposition, etc
[30] sport the part of a field or playing area where a player is placed or where he generally operates
[31] music the vertical spacing or layout of the written notes in a chord. Chords arranged with the three upper voices close together are in close position . Chords whose notes are evenly or widely distributed are in open position See also root position one of the points on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, determining where a string is to be stopped
[32] (in classical prosody) the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants make position (of a consonant, either on its own or in combination with other consonants, such as x in Latin) to cause a short vowel to become metrically long when placed after it
[33] finance the market commitment of a dealer in securities, currencies, or commodities a long position ; a short position
[34] in a position (foll by an infinitive ) able (to) I'm not in a position to reveal these figures
[35] to put in the proper or appropriate place; locate
[36] sport to place (oneself or another player) in a particular part of the field or playing area
[37] to put (someone or something) in a position (esp in relation to others) that confers a strategic advantage: he's trying to position himself for a leadership bid
[38] marketing to promote (a product or service) by tailoring it to the needs of a specific market or by clearly differentiating it from its competitors (e.g. in terms of price or quality)
[39] rare to locate or ascertain the position of

Words related to Positioning

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Words nearby Positioning

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Origin of Positioning

1325–75; Middle English posicioun a positing (< Anglo-French ) < Latin positiōn- (stem of positiō ) a placing, etc. See posit, -ion

Other words from Positioning

po·si·tion·al , adjective
po·si·tion·less , adjective
mis·po·si·tion , verb (used with object)
well-po·si·tioned , adjective
position v.
po•si′ tion•al adj.

Word origin for Positioning

C15: from Late Latin positiō a positioning, affirmation, from pōnere to place, lay down

Synonyms for Positioning

arrange, locate, put, stand, stick, array, dispose, fix, set, settle, lay out