position

position: position [pəˈzɪ∫ən]

1. noun

   a. position f ; [of house, shop] emplacement m

• in position en position

• to move sth into position placer qch

• to change the position of sth changer qch de place

• to be in a good position être bien placé

• what position do you play in? à quelle place jouez-vous ?

• in a horizontal position en position horizontale

• to change position changer de position

• he finished in third position il est arrivé en troisième position

• a man in his position should not ... un homme dans sa position ne devrait pas ...

   b. ( = job) poste m

• top management positions les postes mpl de cadre supérieur

• a position of trust un poste de confiance

   c. ( = situation) place f

• what would you do in my position? que feriez-vous à ma place ?

• to be in a good position être dans une situation enviable

• to be in a position to do sth être en position de faire qch

• he's in a good position to judge il est bien placé pour juger

• he's in no position to decide il n'est pas en position de décider

• what's the position on deliveries/sales? où en sont les livraisons/ventes ?

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = adjust angle of) positionner

   b. ( = put in place) placer ; [+ house] situer ; [+ guards, policemen] poster

• to position o.s. se placer

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[pə'zɪʃn] 1.
noun

1) (situation, state) situation f

in a strong position — en position de force

to be in a position to do — être en mesure de faire

to be in a good/in no position to do — être bien/mal placé pour faire

to be ou find oneself in the happy/unhappy position of doing — avoir la chance/malchance de faire

if I were in your position — si j'étais à ta place

2) (attitude, stance) position f

the official position — la position officielle

3) (place, location) position f

to be in position — (in place) être en place; (ready) être prêt

to get into position — se mettre en place

the house is in a good position — la maison est bien située

4) (posture) position f

to be in a sitting position — être assis

5) (of lever, switch) position f

6) (ranking) place f, rang m; (in sport, competition) position f

7) Sport poste m

what position does he play? — quel est son poste?

8) (job) poste m

to hold ou occupy a senior position — occuper un poste responsable

9) (place in society, army) position f

10) (counter) guichet m

‘position closed’ — ‘guichet fermé’
2.
transitive verb

1) (station) poster [policemen, soldiers]

2) (situate) disposer [object]

3) (get correct angle) orienter [telescope, lamp, aerial]
3.
reflexive verb

to position oneself — prendre position

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position — [ pozisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1265; lat. positio, de ponere « poser » I ♦ 1 ♦ Manière dont une chose, une personne est posée, placée, située; lieu où elle est placée. ⇒ disposition, emplacement. Position horizontale, verticale, inclinée (⇒ inclinaison) .… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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
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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,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
position — [n1] physical place area, bearings, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography,… … New thesaurus
Position — Sf std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. positio ( ōnis), Abstraktum zu l. pōnere (positum) setzen, stellen, legen . Adjektiv: positionell. Ebenso nndl. positie, ne. position, nfrz. position, nschw. position, nnorw. posisjon. ✎ Leser, E.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
position — verb. • Uniformed constables had been positioned to re direct traffic J. Wainwright, 1979. The use of position as a verb, meaning ‘to place in position’ has met with some criticism, usually from those who object to any verb made relatively… … Modern English usage
position — (n.) late 14c., as a term in logic and philosophy, from O.Fr. posicion, from L. positionem (nom. positio) act or fact of placing, position, affirmation, from posit , pp. stem of ponere put, place, from PIE *po s(i)nere, from *apo off, away (see… … Etymology dictionary

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