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 →

2) Position is the way a body or thing is placed, such as standing, sitting or lying. tree →

3) A position in a race, list or competition is the place you come, like first or second. tree →

4) A position in a team is the role or area a player covers. tree →

5) A position can be a job. tree →

6) To position something means to put it carefully in a place. tree →

7) A position can also mean the situation you are in, especially a difficult one. tree →

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 →
• The digit 7 is in the tens position in 175. tree →
• She finished in third position in the race. tree →
• What position do you play? Defender. tree →
• Put the injured person in the recovery position. tree →
• Stay in position until the music starts. tree →
• Dad positioned the ladder against the wall. tree →
• The sun's position changes during the day. tree →
• I might have been in a very disagreeable position." tree →

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.
• A satnav or phone finds its position by timing radio signals from at least four satellites in orbit.
• The Inca kept records with quipu, strings with knots of different colours and positions, to count people, taxes and goods.
• There is no single perfect posture; changing position often and getting up to move about every half hour is good for the body.
• Just standing in an offside position is not an offence; getting involved in play is.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «position» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.