Position

Definition of position:

part of speech: noun

Place, situation: attitude: state of affairs: the ground taken in argument, or a dispute: principle laid down: place in society.

part of speech: noun

The state of being set or placed; situation; as, the position of a house; office or employment; as, to lose one's position; posture; as, a graceful position; attitude toward any subject; as, to define one's position.

Usage examples for position:

• We are in no worse position than we were last year, even the year before that. "A Houseful of Girls", Sarah Tytler.

• I understand that your position was very difficult. "At the Villa Rose", A. E. W. Mason.

• It was not a comfortable position but I saw the King. "Pebbles on the Shore", Alpha of the Plough (Alfred George Gardiner).

• It seems to me that most of the time you were talking about the position of women in modern life. "Poor Relations", Compton Mackenzie.