n.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- a job.
- (in team games) a role assigned to a player based on the location in which they play.
- a point of view or attitude.
- 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.
- Logic a proposition laid down or asserted.
v.
- put or arrange in a particular position.
- promote (a product, service, or business) within a particular sector of a market.
Derivative
- positional adj.
- positionally adv.
- positioner n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. positio(n-), from ponere ‘to place’.