POSITIONS

The particular portion of space occupied by something

Example: "He put the lamp back in its place"

A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

A way of regarding situations or topics etc.

Example: "Consider what follows from the positivist view"

The arrangement of the body and its limbs

Example: "He assumed an attitude of surrender"

The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

Example: "He had the status of a minor"

A job in an organization

Example: "He occupied a post in the treasury"

The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

Example: "The position of the hands on the clock"

The appropriate or customary location

Example: "The cars were in position"

(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

Example: "What position does he play?"

The act of putting something in a certain place

A condition or position in which you find yourself

Example: "The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"

A rationalized mental attitude

An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

Example: "There are two sides to every question"

An item on a list or in a sequence

Example: "In the second place"

The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Example: "Can you go in my stead?"

The act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom