Definition of: position

(pə·zish′ən) noun
1. The manner in which a thing is placed; also, the place of its location.
2. Disposition of the parts of the body, especially with reference to therapeutic, surgical, or obstetric procedures; posture.
3. Relative social standing; high rank: Wealth commands position.
4. Employment or job: He lost his position.
5. The act of positing a principle or proposition, or the proposition posited; also, ground of argument; hence, the attitude assumed with reference to a subject; point of view: my position on the labor question.
6. Music The arrangement of the notes of a chord, as in voice parts.
7. In ancient prosody, the situation of a short vowel before two consonants or their equivalent, causing prolonged utterance: In “texunt,” the vowels are long by position. See synonyms under ATTITUDE, CIRCUMSTANCE, PLACE.
—v.t. To place in a particular or appropriate position. [<OF <L positio, -onis <positus, pp. of ponere place]
—po·si′tion·al adjective