Translation
position
Word origin
From Latin positio, from ponere ('to place'), whose past participle is positus. Deposit, compose and opposite are the same verb with different prefixes.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- positio
- English cognates
- position, deposit, compose
Examples
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He changed his position on the chair.
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The sun is now in a high position.
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She has an important position in the government.
is how a thing is placed, in space or in a hierarchy; is the place itself. The third sentence shows the job sense, though a post you are appointed to is more often , and the state of affairs you find yourself in is .
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