English Dictionary

position

/pəˈzɪʃ.(ə)n/

noun

A place or location. / A post of employment; a job. / A status or rank. / An opinion, stand, or stance. / A posture. / (figuratively) A situation suitable to perform some action.

The position of the hotel is perfect, right in the city center.

意味（1）

A place or location.

意味（2）

A post of employment; a job.

意味（3）

A status or rank.

Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

意味（4）

An opinion, stand, or stance.

My position on this issue is unchanged.

意味（5）

A posture.

Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

意味（6）

(figuratively) A situation suitable to perform some action.

The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.

意味（7）

(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

Stop running all over the field and play your position!

意味（8）

(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.

long position

意味（9）

(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.

意味（10）

(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

意味（11）

(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

意味（12）

(poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.