position

position: position 1 Position, stand, attitude denote a more or less fixed mental point of view or way of regarding something. Position and stand both imply reference to a question at issue or to a matter about which there is difference of opinion.

Position, however, is often the milder term, since it, unlike stand, seldom connotes aggressiveness or defiance of a widely held or popular opinion

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he was asked to make known his position on disarmament
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he took the stand that disarmament would not accomplish the ends its proponents had in view
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bases his position on a wide and shrewd scrutiny of man and his history— Alain Locke
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he . . . agreed thoroughly with my stand that no government or private organization could give health; people had to achieve it by their own efforts— Heiser
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Attitude suggests a personal or, sometimes, a group or communal point of view, especially one that is colored by personal or party feeling, is influenced by one's environment or the fashion of the moment, and is, on the whole, more the product of temperament or of emotion than of thought or conviction

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a humorous attitude to life
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the Greek attitude toward nature
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it was their attitude of acceptance . . . their complaisance about themselves and about their life— Wolfe
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their beliefs, attitudes, and prejudices were a crowd of inconsistencies— Farrell
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Analogous words: *point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, angle, slant

2 *place, location, situation, site, spot, station

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Synonyms:

Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post, site / Relation / Attitude, posture / Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine, predication, affirmation / Place, standing, social rank / State, condition, place, circumstances / Place, situation

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Position — Po*si tion, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. ?) + sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See {Site}, and cf. {Composite}, {Compound}, v.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Position — may refer to:* A location in a coordinate system, usually in two or more dimensions; the science of position and its generalizations is topology * Body position (proprioception), the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body … Wikipedia
Position — Po*si tion, v. t. To indicate the position of; to place. [R.] Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
POSITION — s. f. Lieu, point où une chose est placée ; manière dont elle est placée, situation. La position des lieux n est pas juste, n est pas bien indiquée dans cette carte. La position d une ville. La position en est riante. Je n aime pas la position de … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
POSITION — n. f. Lieu, point où une chose est placée, situation. La position des lieux n’est pas juste, n’est pas bien indiquée dans cette carte. La position de cette ville est riante. Cette maison est dans une position très agréable. Il se dit spécialement … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
position — I. noun Etymology: Middle English posycion, from Anglo French posicioun, from Latin position , positio, from ponere to lay down, put, place, from Old Latin *posinere, from po away (akin to Old Church Slavic po , perfective prefix, Greek apo away) … New Collegiate Dictionary
position — See: SCORING POSITION … Dictionary of American idioms
position — See: SCORING POSITION … Dictionary of American idioms
position — Angle An gle ([a^][ng] g l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. agky los bent, crooked, angular, a gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Position (poker) — Position in poker refers to the order in which players are seated around the table and the related poker strategy implications. Players who act first are in early position ; players who act later are in late position . A player has position on… … Wikipedia
Position finder — Position Po*si tion, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. ?) + sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See {Site}, and cf. {Composite}, {Compound},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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