Definition of position

What does the word position mean?

• part of speech: noun, transitive verb

  Proposition, laying down of this; bodily posture; eastward p. (of priest at eucharist standing in front of altar& facing east); mental attitude, way of looking at question; place occupied by a thing; in, out of, p. (proper place); situation of vowel in syllable, esp. (Greek& L Pros.) of short vowel before two consonants, making the vowel metrically long; (fig.) situation in relation to other persons or things, as difficult for a person in my p.; rank, status; official employment; (v.t.) place in p., determine p. of. Hence positional a. [French]

• part of speech: noun

  (Mil.) place where troops are posted for strategical purposes (the p. was stormed; select a strong p.); in a p. to do, state, &c., enabled by circumstances or resources or information to.