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# position

«position» in Mova's school dictionary: **the place where someone or something is** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a position, positions); verb (position, positions, positioned, positioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A position is the place where someone or something is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m1)

2) Position is the way a body or thing is placed, such as standing, sitting or lying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m2)

3) A position in a race, list or competition is the place you come, like first or second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m3)

4) A position in a team is the role or area a player covers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m4)

5) A position can be a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m5)

6) To position something means to put it carefully in a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m6)

7) A position can also mean the situation you are in, especially a difficult one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: position words (above, below, left, right, between) and coordinates describe where a point is; place value talks about the position of a digit (the 3 in 352 is in the hundreds position). Science: the position of the sun changes across the sky. PE and sport: goalkeeper is a position. Safety: the recovery position in first aid. Phrases: in position, out of position, the recovery position, first position, in a difficult position.

### examples

- Use a grid to describe the position of the treasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x1)
- The digit 7 is in the tens position in 175. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x2)
- She finished in third position in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x3)
- What position do you play? Defender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x4)
- Put the injured person in the recovery position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x5)
- Stay in position until the music starts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x6)
- Dad positioned the ladder against the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x7)
- The sun's position changes during the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x8)
- I might have been in a very disagreeable position." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/#x9)

### note

Countable: a position, positions. In maths, the position of a digit gives its value: in 352 the 5 is in the tens position, so it is worth 50. «In a difficult position» means in a hard situation, not a physical place. Spelling: posi-tion, with one s.

### In the corpora

- [Staying in one position for a long time, sitting or lying, makes muscles stiff and achy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/19/)
- [A satnav or phone finds its position by timing radio signals from at least four satellites in orbit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/1-maps-and-scale/16/)
- [The Inca kept records with quipu, strings with knots of different colours and positions, to count people, taxes and goods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/16/)
- [There is no single perfect posture; changing position often and getting up to move about every half hour is good for the body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/8/)
- [Just standing in an offside position is not an offence; getting involved in play is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/41-football-positions-rules-and-scoring/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «position» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/position/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.