position

noun
po·si·tion·pos·i·tion
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

A place or location.

Other meanings

A post of employment; a job.
A status or rank.
“Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.”

Related words

adposition
ambiposition
bipositionality
circumposition
contraposition
counterposition
dextroposition
extraposition
foreposition
geoposition
infraposition
like-positioned

Example sentences

“How did you hear about this position?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“It wasn't really clear what his position was.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "positiō" (a putting, position).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “position” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.