/pəˈzɪʃn/
Translation
The place where someone or something is.
Word origin
From Latin positio, meaning a placing or setting down.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- positio
Grammar
Examples
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"Position" is the place where something is.
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"Positions" is the plural, meaning more than one position.
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Here "position" means the place where you stand.
Where this fits
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Grammar articles
(18)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
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Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Look: 12 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Put: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs: the rules that matter
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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