<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>condition with reference to place; location; situation.</li><li>a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position.</li><li>the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position.</li><li>situation or condition, especially with relation to favorable or unfavorable circumstances: to be in an awkward position; to bargain from a position of strength.</li><li>status or standing: He has a position to maintain in the community.</li><li>a post of employment: a position in a bank.</li><li>manner of being placed, disposed, or arranged: the relative position of the hands of a clock.</li><li>bodily posture or attitude: to be in a sitting position.</li><li>mental attitude; stand: one's position on a controversial topic.</li><li>the act of positing.</li><li>something that is posited.</li><li>Ballet: any of the five basic positions of the feet with which every step or movement begins and ends.</li><li>Finance: a commitment to buy or sell securities: He took a large position in defense stocks.</li><li>Classical Prosody: the situation of a short vowel before two or more consonants or their equivalent, making the syllable metrically long.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to put in a particular or appropriate position; place.</li><li>to determine the position of; locate.</li></ul>