position
verb/pəˈzɪʃn/
/pəˈzɪʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they position | /pəˈzɪʃn/ /pəˈzɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it positions | /pəˈzɪʃnz/ /pəˈzɪʃnz/ |
| past simple positioned | /pəˈzɪʃnd/ /pəˈzɪʃnd/ |
| past participle positioned | /pəˈzɪʃnd/ /pəˈzɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form positioning | /pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ /pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- to put somebody/something in a particular position synonym place
- position somebody/something/yourself + adv./prep. She quickly positioned herself behind the desk.
- Large television screens were positioned at either end of the stadium.
- Position your hands correctly on the shaft of the club.
- be positioned to do something The company is now well positioned to compete in foreign markets.
Extra Examples- Police marksmen were positioned on the roof.
- The company is uniquely positioned to compete in international markets.
- The markers were not positioned centrally.
- The radiologist firmly positioned Phoebe in front of the machine.
- Position the cursor at the beginning of the word and click.
- A television camera was positioned inside the cubicle.
- She wants to position her company as a top brand around the globe.
- He was positioned by the door to watch for any visitors.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- centrally
- carefully
- correctly
- …
- at
- behind
- between
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin positio(n-), from ponere ‘to place’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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