n. the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in position"

n. the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

n. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"

n. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"

n. the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"

n. 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"

n. a rationalized mental attitude

n. 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"

n. 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"

n. 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"

n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

n. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

n. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

v. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

v. 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"

n. a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada"

n. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"

n. the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

n. physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

n. the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"

n. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

n. process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determines its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"

n. a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

n. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

n. something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"

n. an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community); "an ethnic neighborhood"

n. a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada"

n. the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"

n. characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

n. any cognitive content held as true

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

n. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"

n. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

n. an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation

n. a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"

n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

n. the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused"

n. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"

n. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

n. a prominent status; "a person of importance"

n. the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

n. proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"

n. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"

n. the state of being held in high esteem and honor

n. (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot

n. a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"

n. a rationalized mental attitude

n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

n. a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode"

n. dignified manner or conduct

n. a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

n. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

n. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"

n. physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

n. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"

n. a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"

n. the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

n. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

n. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

n. the organized work of a religious missionary

n. the trade of a funeral director

v. talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you"

v. direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

v. throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six"

v. devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

v. lift or elevate

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

v. ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

v. refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"

v. hand over formally

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

v. present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"

v. perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

v. plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

v. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. enter into a contractual arrangement

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. lay on

v. put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

v. to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

v. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"

v. take and lift upward

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"