noun / verb
position
puh-ZIH-shuhn/pəˈzɪʃn/
The location or arrangement of someone or something relative to its surroundings.
A finger points to the red pawn's position on the board.
Etymology
The act or fact of placing something also describes its resulting situation. This gives position its spatial meaning: the place occupied by a person or thing.
In context
the final position is negative two that's where we stop that's the end position
More examples
- She sleeps in a curled-up position.
- We position the lamp beside the couch.
- The map shows the positions of nearby buses.
Forms
position · positions · positioned · positioning
positional adjective — Relating to the location or arrangement of something.
reposition verb — To move something to a different place.