n. 1
A place or location.
n. 2
A post of employment; a job.
n. 3
A status or rank.
Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
v. 1
To put into place.

Related words

Word family: pose posit positional positive
Phrases: missionary position reverse cowgirl position code position pole position position vector sniffing position sniffing-the-morning-air position position paper

Forms

Plural: positions → stances, postures, attitudes, aspects…
Past participle: positioned
e.g. positioned → placed, setted, stationed, posed…

Choose the right word

Position, Pose or Posture?

A pose is a position studied for artistic effect, or considered with reference to such effect; the unconscious posture of a spectator or listener may be an admirable pose from an artist's standpoint.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

stance Indonesia is unique in its stance towards religion.
posture Change your posture and the confidence will come.
situation Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
view The house is screened from view with a high fence.
placement I gave her a free Berber language placement test.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
position		falling
stance		rising
posture		steady
asana		rising
situation		falling
view		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: put¹, set¹, job¹, lay¹
4 letters: part¹, side¹, post¹, view¹, spot¹, rank¹, pose¹
5 letters: state¹, place¹, point¹, level², stand¹, berth¹, stead¹, asana, stell¹
6 letters: office², status², aspect², stance¹
7 letters: station², bearing², posture²
8 letters: location³, standing², attitude³
9 letters: situation⁴, placement²
11 letters: perspective³, emplacement³
12 letters: circumstance³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (level² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: position
Italiano: posizione
Español: posición
Català: posició