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position
Overview of noun position
The noun position has 16 senses (first 13 from tagged texts)
1. (39) position, place -- (the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place")
2. (18) military position, position -- (a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons)
3. (18) position, view, perspective -- (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view")
4. (14) position, posture, attitude -- (the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender")
5. (12) status, position -- (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")
6. (12) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation -- (a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury")
7. (7) position, spatial relation -- (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage")
8. (3) position -- (the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position")
9. (3) position -- ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?")
10. (2) placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)
11. (1) situation, position -- (a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation")
12. (1) place, position -- (an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position")
13. (1) position, stance, posture -- (a rationalized mental attitude)
14. side, position -- (an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question")
15. stead, position, place, lieu -- (the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of")
16. position -- (the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom)
Overview of verb position
The verb position has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) position -- (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
2. (1) put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun position
16 senses of position
Sense 1
position, place
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
military position, position
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
position, view, perspective
=> orientation
=> attitude, mental attitude
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
position, posture, attitude
=> bodily property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
status, position
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
position, spatial relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
position
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
position
=> role
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
situation, position
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 12
place, position
=> item, point
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 13
position, stance, posture
=> attitude, mental attitude
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 14
side, position
=> opinion, view
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 15
stead, position, place, lieu
=> function, office, part, role
=> duty
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 16
position
=> assumption
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun position
13 of 16 senses of position
Sense 1
position, place
=> half-mast
=> lead
=> pole position
=> polls
=> pride of place
=> anomaly
=> site, situation
=> setting
=> juxtaposition
=> lie
=> post, station
=> pitch
=> landmark
=> right
=> left
=> back, rear
=> front
=> stand
=> station
=> vantage
Sense 2
military position, position
=> ground
=> line
Sense 3
position, view, perspective
=> bird's eye view, panoramic view
=> futurism
=> vanguard, forefront, cutting edge
=> paradigm
=> light
=> sight
=> Weltanschauung, world view
=> straddle
Sense 4
position, posture, attitude
=> order arms
=> ballet position
=> decubitus
=> eversion
=> lithotomy position
=> lotus position
=> missionary position
=> pose
=> presentation
=> ectopia
=> asana
=> guard
=> sprawl, sprawling
=> stance
=> tuck
Sense 5
status, position
=> face
=> election
=> equality, equivalence, equation, par
=> social station, social status, social rank, rank
=> standing
=> high status
=> high ground
=> high profile
=> Holy Order, Order
=> low status, lowness, lowliness
=> legal status
=> bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
=> left-handedess
=> command
=> nationality
=> footing, terms
=> retirement
=> rank
=> caste
=> dignity
=> nobility, noblesse
=> ordination
=> pedestal
=> leadership
=> slot
=> toehold
Sense 6
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
=> academicianship
=> accountantship
=> admiralty
=> ambassadorship
=> apostleship
=> apprenticeship
=> associateship
=> attorneyship
=> bailiffship
=> baronetage
=> bishopry, episcopate
=> cadetship
=> caliphate
=> captainship, captaincy
=> cardinalship
=> chairmanship
=> chancellorship
=> chaplaincy, chaplainship
=> chieftaincy, chieftainship
=> clerkship
=> commandership, commandery
=> comptrollership
=> consulship
=> controllership
=> councillorship, councilorship
=> counselorship, counsellorship
=> curacy
=> curatorship
=> custodianship
=> deanship, deanery
=> directorship
=> discipleship
=> editorship
=> eldership
=> emirate
=> fatherhood
=> fatherhood
=> foremanship
=> generalship, generalcy
=> governorship
=> headship
=> headship
=> hot seat
=> incumbency
=> inspectorship
=> instructorship
=> internship
=> judgeship, judicature
=> khanate
=> lectureship
=> legation, legateship
=> legislatorship
=> librarianship
=> lieutenancy
=> magistracy, magistrature
=> managership
=> manhood
=> marshalship
=> mastership
=> mayoralty
=> messiahship
=> moderatorship
=> overlordship
=> pastorship, pastorate
=> peasanthood
=> plum
=> praetorship
=> precentorship
=> preceptorship
=> prefecture
=> prelacy, prelature
=> premiership
=> presidency, presidentship
=> primateship
=> principalship
=> priorship
=> proconsulship, proconsulate
=> proctorship
=> professorship, chair
=> protectorship
=> public office
=> rabbinate
=> receivership
=> rectorship, rectorate
=> regency
=> residency
=> rulership
=> sainthood
=> secretaryship
=> seigniory, seigneury, feudal lordship
=> senatorship
=> sinecure
=> solicitorship
=> speakership
=> stewardship
=> studentship
=> teachership
=> thaneship
=> throne
=> treasurership
=> tribuneship
=> trusteeship
=> vice-presidency
=> viceroyship
=> viziership
=> wardenship
=> wardership
=> womanhood
Sense 7
position, spatial relation
=> occlusion
=> tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
=> gradient, slope
=> placement, arrangement
=> point of view
=> coincidence
=> dead center, dead centre
=> centrality
=> marginality
=> anteriority
=> posteriority
=> outwardness, externality
=> inwardness
=> malposition, misplacement
=> northernness
=> southernness
=> horizontality
=> verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness
=> slot
=> room, way, elbow room
=> direction
=> angular position
Sense 9
position
=> goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netkeeper
=> pitcher, mound
=> catcher
=> first base, first
=> second base, second
=> shortstop, short
=> third base, third
=> left field, leftfield
=> center field, centerfield
=> right field, rightfield
=> forward
=> center
=> guard
=> back
=> lineman
=> mid-off
=> mid-on
=> center
=> cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot
Sense 10
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> stratification
=> juxtaposition, apposition, collocation
=> interposition
=> orientation
=> planting
=> implantation
=> repositioning
=> set
=> superposition
=> fingering
=> superposition
Sense 11
situation, position
=> place, shoes
=> poverty trap
=> soup
=> stymie, stymy
Sense 12
place, position
=> postposition
=> preposition
Sense 13
position, stance, posture
=> hard line
=> point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint
Sense 15
stead, position, place, lieu
=> behalf
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun position
16 senses of position
Sense 1
position, place
=> point
Sense 2
military position, position
=> point
Sense 3
position, view, perspective
=> orientation
Sense 4
position, posture, attitude
=> bodily property
Sense 5
status, position
=> state
Sense 6
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
Sense 7
position, spatial relation
=> relation
Sense 8
position
=> point
Sense 9
position
=> role
Sense 10
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> activity
Sense 11
situation, position
=> condition, status
Sense 12
place, position
=> item, point
Sense 13
position, stance, posture
=> attitude, mental attitude
Sense 14
side, position
=> opinion, view
Sense 15
stead, position, place, lieu
=> function, office, part, role
Sense 16
position
=> assumption
Antonyms of noun position
Member Holonyms of noun position
Substance Holonyms of noun position
Part Holonyms of noun position
Member Meronyms of noun position
Substance Meronyms of noun position
Part Meronyms of noun position
Meronyms of noun position
Holonyms of noun position
Attributes of noun position
4 of 16 senses of position
Sense 1
position, place
=> right (vs. left)
=> left (vs. right)
Sense 4
position, posture, attitude
=> erect (vs. unerect), vertical, upright
=> unerect (vs. erect)
Sense 5
status, position
=> lower-class (vs. middle-class)(vs. upper-class), low-class
=> middle-class (vs. upper-class)(vs. lower-class)
=> upper-class (vs. lower-class)(vs. middle-class)
=> dominant (vs. subordinate)
=> subordinate (vs. dominant), low-level
Sense 7
position, spatial relation
=> anterior (vs. posterior)
=> posterior (vs. anterior)
=> external (vs. internal)
=> internal (vs. external)
=> outer(prenominal)(vs. inner)
=> inner(prenominal)(vs. outer)
=> exterior (vs. interior)
=> interior (vs. exterior)
Derived Forms of noun position
5 of 16 senses of position
Sense 1
position, place
RELATED TO>(verb) position#1
=> position
Sense 7
position, spatial relation
RELATED TO>(verb) position#1
=> position
Sense 8
position
RELATED TO>(verb) position#1
=> position
Sense 10
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
RELATED TO>(verb) position#2
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
RELATED TO>(verb) posit#1
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
Sense 16
position
RELATED TO>(verb) posit#3
=> postulate, posit
Domain of noun position
2 of 16 senses of position
Sense 2
military position, position
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Sense 9
position
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Domain Terms of noun position
Familiarity of noun position
position used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =16)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun position
16 senses of position
Sense 1
position, place
> point
=> punctum
=> blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
=> navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus
=> McBurney's point
=> node
=> antinode
=> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> celestial point
=> center, centre, midpoint
=> trichion, crinion
=> chokepoint
=> corner
=> crossing
=> focus
=> geographic point, geographical point
=> ground zero
=> hot spot, hotspot
=> midair
=> abutment
=> position, place
=> position
=> pressure point
=> military position, position
=> corner
=> topographic point, place, spot
=> vanishing point
=> focus, focal point
=> hilum
=> focus, focal point, nidus
Sense 2
military position, position
> point
=> punctum
=> blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
=> navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus
=> McBurney's point
=> node
=> antinode
=> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> celestial point
=> center, centre, midpoint
=> trichion, crinion
=> chokepoint
=> corner
=> crossing
=> focus
=> geographic point, geographical point
=> ground zero
=> hot spot, hotspot
=> midair
=> abutment
=> position, place
=> position
=> pressure point
=> military position, position
=> corner
=> topographic point, place, spot
=> vanishing point
=> focus, focal point
=> hilum
=> focus, focal point, nidus
Sense 3
position, view, perspective
> orientation
=> wavelength
=> experimentalism
=> reorientation
=> position, view, perspective
=> orthodoxy
=> unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy
=> political orientation, ideology, political theory
=> religious orientation
Sense 4
position, posture, attitude
> bodily property
=> bipedalism
=> laterality, dominance
=> physique, build, body-build, habitus
=> fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois
=> leanness, thinness, spareness
=> stature, height
=> carriage, bearing, posture
=> physiology
=> physiological property
=> position, posture, attitude
Sense 5
status, position
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Sense 6
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> confectionery
=> sport
=> farming, land
=> game, biz
=> career, calling, vocation
=> employment, work
=> appointment
=> position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
=> treadmill, salt mine
=> trade, craft
=> profession
=> metier, medium
=> accountancy, accounting
=> photography
=> catering
Sense 7
position, spatial relation
> relation
=> possession
=> social relation
=> position, spatial relation
=> ownership
=> causality
=> relationship, human relationship
=> function
=> association
=> logical relation
=> mathematical relation
=> foundation
=> connection, connexion, connectedness
=> unconnectedness
=> linguistic relation
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> affinity, kinship
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> magnitude relation, quantitative relation
=> control
=> business relation
=> reciprocality, reciprocity
=> interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness
=> temporal relation
=> comparison
=> opposition, oppositeness
=> change
Sense 8
position
> point
=> punctum
=> blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
=> navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus
=> McBurney's point
=> node
=> antinode
=> beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
=> celestial point
=> center, centre, midpoint
=> trichion, crinion
=> chokepoint
=> corner
=> crossing
=> focus
=> geographic point, geographical point
=> ground zero
=> hot spot, hotspot
=> midair
=> abutment
=> position, place
=> position
=> pressure point
=> military position, position
=> corner
=> topographic point, place, spot
=> vanishing point
=> focus, focal point
=> hilum
=> focus, focal point, nidus
Sense 9
position
> role
=> gender role
=> position
Sense 10
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
> activity
=> variation, variance
=> space walk
=> domesticity
=> operation
=> operation
=> practice, pattern
=> diversion, recreation
=> cup of tea, bag, dish
=> follow-up, followup
=> game
=> turn, play
=> music
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> liveliness, animation
=> burst, fit
=> work
=> works, deeds
=> service
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> occupation
=> writing, committal to writing
=> role
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> waste, wastefulness, dissipation
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> control
=> protection
=> sensory activity
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
=> training, preparation, grooming
=> representation
=> creation, creative activity
=> dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly
=> line function, line duty
=> puncture
=> search, hunt, hunting
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> operation, military operation
=> measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
=> calibration, standardization, standardisation
=> organization, organisation
=> grouping
=> support, supporting
=> continuance, continuation
=> procedure, process
=> ceremony
=> ceremony
=> worship
=> energizing, activating, activation
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> provision, supply, supplying
=> demand
=> pleasure
=> enjoyment, delectation
=> lamentation, mourning
=> laughter
=> market, marketplace
=> preparation, readying
=> aid, assist, assistance, help
=> support
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> behavior, behaviour
=> leadership, leading
=> precession, precedence, precedency
=> solo
=> buzz
=> fun
=> sin, hell
=> release, outlet, vent
=> last
=> mystification, obfuscation
=> negotiation
=> perturbation, disturbance
=> timekeeping
Sense 11
situation, position
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 12
place, position
> item, point
=> agenda item
=> incidental
=> inventory item
=> line item
=> news item
=> place, position
Sense 13
position, stance, posture
> attitude, mental attitude
=> credence, acceptance
=> culture
=> defensive, defensive attitude
=> hardball
=> high horse
=> southernism
=> mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set
=> paternalism
=> position, stance, posture
=> inclination, disposition, tendency
=> tolerance
=> intolerance
=> respect, esteem, regard
=> disrespect
=> reverence
=> irreverence
=> orientation
Sense 14
side, position
> opinion, view
=> adverse opinion
=> guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
=> side, position
Sense 15
stead, position, place, lieu
> function, office, part, role
=> capacity
=> hat
=> portfolio
=> stead, position, place, lieu
=> second fiddle
Sense 16
position
> assumption
=> position
Meronyms of noun position
16 senses of position
Holonyms of noun position
Grep of noun position
angular position
antipodal opposition
antiredeposition
apposition
ballet position
cleanup position
composition
decomposition
deposition
diametrical opposition
disposition
double decomposition
dramatic composition
electrodeposition
exposition
favorable position
favourable position
gradable opposition
huygens' principle of superposition
imposition
indisposition
interposition
juxtaposition
literary composition
lithotomy position
lotus position
malposition
matrix transposition
military position
missionary position
musical composition
mutual opposition
object of a preposition
opposition
orthogonal opposition
particular proposition
polar opposition
pole position
position
position effect
position paper
positional notation
positional representation system
positioner
positioning
postposition
predisposition
preposition
presupposition
principle of superposition
proposition
redeposition
redisposition
reimposition
reposition
superposition
supposition
transposition
unfavorable position
ungradable opposition
universal proposition
vector decomposition
Antonyms of verb position
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb position
2 senses of position
Sense 1
position
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb position
2 senses of position
Sense 1
position
=> deploy
=> aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> square
=> dress, line up
=> orient
Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
=> docket
=> cock
=> postpose
=> prepose
=> step
=> replace, put back
=> stratify
=> plant
=> intersperse
=> nestle, snuggle
=> pile
=> arrange, set up
=> superimpose, superpose, lay over
=> superpose
=> park
=> ensconce, settle
=> emplace
=> emplace
=> ship
=> underlay
=> trench
=> pigeonhole
=> shelve
=> jar
=> repose
=> stick, put forward
=> sign
=> middle
=> parallelize
=> butt
=> recess
=> reposition
=> throw, thrust
=> tee, tee up
=> rack up
=> coffin
=> bed
=> appose
=> set down, put down, place down
=> sow, sough, seed
=> misplace
=> juxtapose
=> set down
=> bottle
=> bucket
=> barrel
=> ground
=> pillow, rest
=> misplace, mislay, lose
=> upend
=> seat, sit, sit down
=> lay, put down, repose
=> stand, stand up, place upright
=> recline
=> plant, set
=> install, instal, put in, set up
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> ladle
=> poise
=> lean
=> clap
=> rest
=> perch
=> load
=> cram
=> set
=> siphon
=> position
=> glycerolize, glycerolise
=> space
=> marshal
=> settle, settle down
=> throw
=> imbricate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb position
2 senses of position
Sense 1
position
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
'Cause To' of verb position
Derived Forms of verb position
2 senses of position
Sense 1
position
RELATED TO>(noun) position#8
=> position
RELATED TO>(noun) position#7
=> position, spatial relation
RELATED TO>(noun) position#1
=> position, place
RELATED TO>(noun) positioner#1
=> rotary actuator, positioner
RELATED TO>(noun) positioning#1
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
RELATED TO>(noun) position#10
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
RELATED TO>(noun) positioner#1
=> rotary actuator, positioner
Domain of verb position
Domain Terms of verb position
Familiarity of verb position
position used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb position
2 senses of position
Sense 1
position
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
EX: They position the bags on the table
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb position
2 senses of position
Sense 1
position
> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
=> docket
=> cock
=> postpose
=> prepose
=> step
=> replace, put back
=> stratify
=> plant
=> intersperse
=> nestle, snuggle
=> pile
=> arrange, set up
=> superimpose, superpose, lay over
=> superpose
=> park
=> ensconce, settle
=> emplace
=> emplace
=> ship
=> underlay
=> trench
=> pigeonhole
=> shelve
=> jar
=> repose
=> stick, put forward
=> sign
=> middle
=> parallelize
=> butt
=> recess
=> reposition
=> throw, thrust
=> tee, tee up
=> rack up
=> coffin
=> bed
=> appose
=> set down, put down, place down
=> sow, sough, seed
=> misplace
=> juxtapose
=> set down
=> bottle
=> bucket
=> barrel
=> ground
=> pillow, rest
=> misplace, mislay, lose
=> upend
=> seat, sit, sit down
=> lay, put down, repose
=> stand, stand up, place upright
=> recline
=> plant, set
=> install, instal, put in, set up
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> ladle
=> poise
=> lean
=> clap
=> rest
=> perch
=> load
=> cram
=> set
=> siphon
=> position
=> glycerolize, glycerolise
=> space
=> marshal
=> settle, settle down
=> throw
=> imbricate
Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb position
Sense 1
position
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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Sense 2
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
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Grep of verb position
position
proposition
reposition
Grep of adj position
positionable
positional
positioning
Grep of adv position
in apposition
in opposition
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