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position
English
Etymology
From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??z?.?(?)n/
- (General American) enPR: p?-z??sh(?)n, IPA(key): /p??z?.?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation (UK): po?si?tion, pos?i?tion, (US): po?si?tion
Noun
position (plural positions)
- A place or location.
- A post of employment; a job.
- A status or rank.
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- My position on this issue is unchanged.
- A posture.
- Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
- (figuratively) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- Stop running all over the field and play your position!
- (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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- position on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
position (third-person singular simple present positions, present participle positioning, simple past and past participle positioned)
- To put into place.
- 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status[1]
- While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.
- 26 June 2012, Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status[1]
Synonyms
- stell (obsolete)
Translations
Further reading
- position in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- position in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- sopition
Finnish
Noun
position
- Genitive singular form of positio.
French
Etymology
From Old French posicion, from Latin positio, positionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.zi.sj??/
Noun
position f (plural positions)
- position
Derived terms
Further reading
- “position” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
position c
- a place, a location, a position. A description of where something is located with respect to the surroundings, e.g. the satellites of the GPS system.
- (team sports) a place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Declension
Related terms
- positionera
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mien
English
Etymology
From French mine (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), appearance, perhaps from Breton min (“face of an animal”), or from Latin minio (“to redden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
- Homophone: mean
Noun
mien (countable and uncountable, plural miens)
- (countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:
- Beauty, like all divine gifts, is everywhere to be seen by the eye of the faithful admirer of nature; and, like all spirits, she is scarcely to be described by words. Her countenance and mien, her path, her hue and carriage, often surpass expression, and soothe the enthusiast into reverie and silence.
- 2015, Siobhan Roberts, John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician, in: The Guardian, July 23rd 2015
- Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
- 1856, Joseph Turnley, The Language of the Eye, p. 111:
- (countable) A specific facial expression.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Emin, Mine, mine
French
Etymology
From Middle French mien, from Old French meon, from Latin meum, the neuter of meus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mj??/
Adjective
mien (feminine singular mienne, masculine plural miens, feminine plural miennes)
- (archaic) my
Derived terms
- le mien (“mine”)
See also
- mon, ma, mes
Further reading
- “mien” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- mine, miné
Old French
Etymology
Latin meum.
Adjective
mien
- (stressed) my; mine
Usage notes
- chiefly used after an article (un, le, etc.) and before a noun. The noun may be omitted if clear from the context
Descendants
- French: mien
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Etymology
From English main.
Adjective
mien
- main
Plautdietsch
Pronoun
mien
- my
See also
- dien (your, thy)
- sien (his)
- mie (me)
- ons (our)
- onsa (us)
Further reading
- Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min/
Determiner
mien
- feminine of min
- neuter of min
- plural of min
References
- “mien” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi??n/
Noun
mien
- genitive plural of mena
Noun
mien
- genitive plural of meno
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Noun
mien f
- carrot
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian gem?ne, from Proto-West Germanic *gamain?, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?om-moynis. Cognate with German gemein, English mean, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gamains) and Latin comm?nis.
Adjective
mien
- common, communal
- common, everyday
- general
Inflection
Derived terms
- mienskip
Further reading
- “mien”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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