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How to pronounce position in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms situation
Type of condition, status
Has types shoes, stymie, stymy, place, poverty trap, soup


the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils.
Type Words
Synonyms berth, billet, office, place, post, situation, spot
Type of line, line of work, job, occupation, business
Has types accountantship, bailiffship, prelacy, prefecture, preceptorship, precentorship, praetorship, overlordship, plum, pastorate, pastorship, peasanthood, baronetage, speakership, solicitorship, sinecure, hot seat, senatorship, seigniory, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, seigneury, secretaryship, sainthood, judgeship, judicature, rulership, khanate, residency, regency, rectorship, rectorate, receivership, lectureship, rabbinate, public office, protectorship, legateship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, professorship, lieutenancy, attorneyship, proctorship, proconsulship, proconsulate, priorship, principalship, primateship, magistracy, magistrature, presidentship, managership, manhood, presidency, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, academicianship, premiership, moderatorship, prelature, bishopry, cadetship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, admiralty, ambassadorship, chair, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, apostleship, clerkship, womanhood, commandership, commandery, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counsellorship, counselorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, wardership, wardenship, deanery, deanship, viziership, directorship, discipleship, viceroyship, editorship, vice-presidency, eldership, emirate, episcopate, trusteeship, tribuneship, treasurership, throne, thaneship, teachership, fatherhood, feudal lordship, apprenticeship, studentship, foremanship, stewardship, generalcy, generalship, associateship, governorship, headship
Type Words
Synonyms spatial relation
Type of relation
Has types elbow room, southernness, verticalness, outwardness, placement, arrangement, angular position, erectness, anteriority, gradient, centrality, coincidence, tilt, room, inwardness, lean, leaning, list, inclination, malposition, marginality, misplacement, way, northernness, occlusion, horizontality, posteriority, verticality, point of view, slope, slot, dead center, dead centre, externality, uprightness, direction


the position of the hands on the clock.
Type Words
Synonyms place
Type of point
Has types station, lie, front, left, rear, lead, landmark, right, juxtaposition, half-mast, vantage, stand, back, anomaly, pitch, half-staff, situation, pole position, polls, post, site, setting, pride of place, wing
Type Words
Synonyms posture, stance
Type of mental attitude, attitude
Has types standpoint, stand, hard line, viewpoint, point of view
Type Words
Synonyms side
Type of view, opinion
Type Words
Synonyms perspective, view
Type of orientation
Has types forefront, bird's eye view, vanguard, light, paradigm, world view, sight, weltanschauung, panoramic view, straddle, futurism, cutting edge
Type Words
Synonyms attitude, posture
Type of bodily property
Has types presentation, sprawl, sprawling, ballet position, missionary position, guard, ectopia, lotus position, tuck, decubitus, pose, stance, order arms, asana, lithotomy position, eversion
Type Words
Synonyms status
Type of state
Has types slot, echelon, dignity, command, bar sinister, caste, ordination, pedestal, par, bastardy, order, noblesse, nobility, nationality, lowness, lowliness, low status, legal status, left-handedness, rank, leadership, retirement, illegitimacy, holy order, election, social rank, social station, social status, high status, high profile, high ground, standing, footing, face, terms, toehold, equivalence, equation, equality


atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life.
Type Words
Synonyms military position
Type of point
Has types line, ground
Type Words
Synonyms lay, place, pose, put, set
Type of displace, move
Has types repose, appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, dispose, docket, emplace, enclose, ensconce, fix, glycerolise, glycerolize, ground, imbricate, inclose, insert, instal, install, intersperse, introduce, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lay, lay over, lean, load, marshal, middle, misplace, nestle, parallelize, park, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, place down, place upright, plant, poise, posit, postpose, prepose, put back, put down, put in, rack up, recess, recline, replace, reposition, rest, seat, seed, set, set down, set up, settle, settle down, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, sit, sit down, situate, snuggle, sow, space, stand, stand up, step, stick in, stratify, superimpose, superpose, tee, tee up, throw, thrust, trench, underlay, upend
Derivation positioner
Type Words
Synonyms emplacement, locating, location, placement, positioning
Type of activity
Has types apposition, fingering, set, superposition, intervention, implantation, orientation, planting, juxtaposition, interposition, repositioning, collocation, stratification
Derivation posit
Type Words
Synonyms place
Type of point, item
Has types preposition, postposition


moved from third to fifth position.
Type Words
Synonyms lieu, place, stead
Type of office, function, role, part
Has types behalf
Type Words
Type of put, place, pose, lay, set
Has types square, aim, orient, take, take aim, train, deploy, dress, line up, direct
Derivation positioning, positioner
Type Words
Type of role
Has types mid-on, back, catcher, center, center field, centerfield, cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot, first, first base, forward, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, guard, left field, leftfield, lineman, mid-off, mound, netkeeper, pitcher, right field, rightfield, second, second base, short, shortstop, third, third base


what position does he play?.
Type Words
Type of assumption
Derivation posit
Type Words
Type of point


the cars were in position.

Examples of position

position
I want him to be put in position to be the most successful head coach he can be.
From the tennessean.com
This isn't a shot at Feldman, who has been placed in a bizarre position at KFNS.
From the stltoday.com
I think that trading a young position player would be a more viable proposition.
From the newsday.com
The Mets are 5-for-36 with runners in scoring position since the All-Star break.
From the newsday.com
Those are some of the moves where we made upgrades from a position player front.
From the newsday.com
Zduriencik said Ryan would be given a chance to compete for a starting position.
From the thenewstribune.com
Reagan was consistently pressed by reporters to take a position on the Birchers.
From the sacbee.com
The Washington position became available after Tia Jackson resigned on March 14.
From the thenewstribune.com
Obama will deliver his address Tuesday evening in an expectedly strong position.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
  • The particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
  • Military position: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
  • Put: 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"
  • A way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"
  • The arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
  • There are 9 fielding positions in baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number, which is used to score putouts: 1 (pitcher), 2 (catcher), 3 (first baseman), 4 (second baseman), 5 (third baseman), 6 (shortstop), 7 (left fielder), 8 (center fielder), and 9 (right fielder).
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  • In financial trading, a position is a binding commitment to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.