Definition of position
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as,
a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
- n. - A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions;
-- called also the rule of trial and error.
- v. t. - To indicate the position of; to place.