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Definition of Position
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Position
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position. The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position. Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position. Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error. To indicate the position of; to place. Related Definitions:
Also, An, And, Any, Anything, Appear, Argument, As, Attitude, Basis, Being, By, Called, Changed, Condition, Controversy, Creation, Define, Discussion, Down, Error, False, Firm, Fleet, From, Ground, Hence, In, Inclined, Indicate, Is, Laid, Lose, Man, Manner, Method, Of, Office, Official, One, Or, Person, Place, Placed, Point, Posited, Position, Post, Principle, Problem, Proceeds, Proposition, Rank, Reasoning, Relative, Rule, Site, Situation, Social, Solving, Spot, Standing, State, Station, The, Thesis, Thing, To, Trial, Two, Upright, View, Where, Which |
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Position Quotations
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. Booker T. Washington Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help. Betty Ford We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers. Friedrich Nietzsche Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check. John W. Snow It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. Francois de La Rochefoucauld |
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Position Translations
position in Afrikaans is posisie, houding position in Dutch is houding, stand, positie position in Finnish is paikka position in French is position position in German is Position position in Italian is posizione, posizione, ente, circostanza, orientare position in Latin is loco, positus |
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