Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
POSITION
position
(noun) the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
(noun) a job in an organization; “he occupied a post in the treasury”
stead, position, place, lieu
(noun) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; “can you go in my stead?”; “took his place”; “in lieu of”
position
(noun) (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; “what position does he play?”
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
(noun) the act of putting something in a certain place
position, spatial relation
(noun) the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; “the position of the hands on the clock”; “he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage”
position, posture, attitude
(noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs; “he assumed an attitude of surrender”
position, stance, posture
(noun) a rationalized mental attitude
position, view, perspective
(noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; “consider what follows from the positivist view”
place, position
(noun) an item on a list or in a sequence; “in the second place”; “moved from third to fifth position”
side, position
(noun) an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; “there are two sides to every question”
position, place
(noun) the particular portion of space occupied by something; “he put the lamp back in its place”
position
(noun) the appropriate or customary location; “the cars were in position”
situation, position
(noun) a condition or position in which you find yourself; “the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils”; “found herself in a very fortunate situation”
status, position
(noun) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; “he had the status of a minor”; “the novel attained the status of a classic”; “atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life”
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location; “Put your things here”; “Set the tray down”; “Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children”; “Place emphasis on a certain point”
position
(verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
position (plural positions)
A place or location.
A post of employment; a job.
A status or rank.
An opinion, stand, or stance.
A posture.
(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
Synonyms
• stead
Hyponyms
• anatomical position
• body position
• bubble position
• closed position
• cowgirl position
• developmental position
• eccentric position
• fetal position
• fielding position
• Fowler's position
• hinge position
• human position
• lithotomy position
• long position
• lotus position
• missionary position
• naked position
• net position
• neutral position
• occlusal position
• open position
• overnight position
• pole position
• preferred position
• prone position
• protrusive position
• qualifying position
• recovery position
• sacroanterior position
• sex position
• short position
• Sims' position
• spoons position
• statutory position
• Trendelenburg position
• Yoga position
Verb
position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
To put into place.
Synonyms
• stell (obsolete)
Anagrams
• sopition
Source: Wiktionary
Po*si"tion, n. Etym: [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., Depone, Deposit, Expound, Impostor, Opposite, Propound, Pose, v., Posit, Post, n.]
1. The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position. We have different prospects of the same thing, according to our different positions to it. Locke.
2. The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
3. Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position. Let not the proof of any position depend on the positions that follow, but always on those which go before. I. Watts.
4. Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
5. (Arith.)
Definition: A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error. Angle of position (Astron.), the angle which any line (as that joining two stars) makes with another fixed line, specifically with a circle of declination.
– Double position (Arith.), the method of solving problems by proceeding with each of two assumed numbers, according to the conditions of the problem, and by comparing the difference of the results with those of the numbers, deducing the correction to be applied to one of them to obtain the true result.
– Guns of position (Mil.), heavy fieldpieces, not designed for quick movements.
– Position finder (Mil.), a range finder. See under Range.
– Position micrometer, a micrometer applied to the tube of an astronomical telescope for measuring angles of position in the field of view.
– Single position (Arith.), the method of solving problems, in which the result obtained by operating with an assumed number is to the true result as the number assumed is to the number required.
– Strategic position (Mil.), a position taken up by an army or a large detachment of troops for the purpose of checking or observing an opposing force.
Syn.
– Situation; station; place; condition; attitude; posture; proposition; assertion; thesis.
Po*si"tion, v. t.
Definition: To indicate the position of; to place. [R.] Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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