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