position

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
position/pəˈzɪʃn/

▶noun

• 1 a place where someone or something is located or has been put.

  ■ the correct place.

  ■ a place where part of a military force is posted for strategic purposes.

• 2 a way in which someone or something is placed or arranged.

  ■ the configuration of the pieces and pawns on the board at any point in a game of chess.

• 3 a situation or set of circumstances.

  ■ the state of being advantageously placed in a competitive situation.

  ■ a person's place or rank in relation to others.

  ■ high rank or social standing.

• 4 a job.

• 5 (in team games) a role assigned to a player based on the location in which they play.

• 6 a point of view or attitude.

• 7 the extent to which an investor, dealer, or speculator has made a commitment in the market by buying or selling securities: traders were covering short positions.

• 8 Logic a proposition laid down or asserted.

▶verb

• 1 put or arrange in a particular position.

• 2 promote (a product, service, or business) within a particular sector of a market.

– derivatives
positional adjective,
positionally adverb,
positioner noun.

– origin ME: from OFr., from L. positio(n-), from ponere ‘to place’.