1. The area where something or someone is located or has been situated: Cathy and Cindy and the other demonstrators took up their position in front of the city hall.
2. The correct location where something or someone should be placed: Cindy told her son, Teddy, to make sure the lid of the jar was put into the right position before he tried to turn it.
3. A place where part of a military unit is posted for strategic reasons: The drones have fired on the enemy's positions in the mountains of Afghanistan.
4. A particular way in which someone or something is installed or arranged: Dr. McMahon, the dentist, adjusted Darla's dental chair into a reclining position.
5. The way people stand, sit, or lie down: There are various positions people can be in; including, kneeling, lying down, crouching, slouching, leaning, squatting, sitting, standing, etc.
6. Etymology: from posit-, another form of ponere, "to put, to place".

1. To distribute something or someone in a particular place or way: Mary and Tom and the other guests positioned themselves at the dinner table for the evening meal.
2. To promote a product, a business, or a service in a special division of a market, or as the fulfillment of that sector's specific requirements: The company presented a comprehensive development plan that could position the two towns as major economic forces in that region of the country.
3. To regard someone as a particular kind of person: The lexicographer positioned the freelance writer as a contributor to a more comprehensible dictionary.

The apparent position of an object, for which the annual aberration has been corrected.

1. An electronic tool that displays the navigational positions of ocean craft.
2. A radio navigation system used in hydrographic surveying (surveying, and mapping of the oceans, seas, and rivers) which provides circular lines of positions.
3. An apparatus used to measure ship-to-shore distances by measuring the time elapsed for a radio echo to take place.

Greek: Zeus
Latin: Jupiter (Jove)

Symbols: Eagle, thunderbolts, and oak.

A prone position resting on the knees and elbows, assumed for gynecologic or rectal examination or operation: Dr. McCann asked Tim to get into a genucubital position by resting on his knees and elbows with the chest elevated from the table.

In cartography or maps, the position of a point on the surface of the Earth expressed in terms of geodetic latitude and geodetic longitude: Mr. Globe asked his students to locate certain cities in terns of their geodetic positions.

That point on the Earth or a location on the surface of a planet at which a given celestial body is in the zenith at a specified time; geographical point: Any position on the surface of the Earth, or geographical position is defined by means of its geographical coordinates, either astronomical or geodetic, or expressed in terms of latitude and longitude, either geodetic or astronomical.

The geographical location of a seaport along a coast: Some countries have excellent opportunities in trade when their maritime positions have good, reliable, and safe harbours and docking facilities.

The upright, or nearly upright, position of the upper trunk of a patient in a bed or chair.

It facilitates breathing in those with congestive heart failure and some forms of pulmonary disease.