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| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place physically in location |
| Synonyms: | arrange, array, dispose, fix, lay out, locate, put, set, settle, stand, stick |
| Antonyms: | displace, lose |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical place |
| Synonyms: | area, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, location, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, tract, whereabouts, bearings, locality, locus, topography |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, stance |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, attitude, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, form, habit, manner, mien, pass, plight, port, pose, predicament, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, ballgame, how things stack up, like it is, the size of it |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, point of view |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, color, judgment, opinion, outlook, slant, stance, stand, standpoint, view, viewpoint |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, stature |
| Synonyms: | cachet, capacity, caste, character, consequence, dignity, footing, importance, place, prestige, rank, reputation, situation, sphere, standing, station, status |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility in business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | berth, billet, capacity, connection, do*, duty, employment, function, job, occupation, office, place, post, profession, role, situation, slot*, spot*, trade, nine-to-five |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
erect, lateral, outside, abaxial, abutting, adaxial, adjacent, adjoining, advance, akimbo, aknee, ambient, anterior, antipodal, apical, apposed, arrayed, at hand, axial, back, bordering, cater, central, centric, chirognostic, circumambient, circumferential, circumjacent, close, coaxial, coextensive, coincident, colinear, collateral, collinear, concentric, confocal, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, convergent, converse, coplanar, coterminous, covering, crisscross, crossed, deasil, decussate, deep, detached, discontinuous, discrete, distal, distant, distinct, dorsal, dorsolateral, encircling, enclosed, enclosing, encompassing, enveloping, equidistant, equitant, even, exterior, external, face, far, farther, farthest, first, flanking, flush, fore, forward, fringe, fronting, gardant, grufeling, guardant, halfway, hanging, hindmost, hithermost, immediate, indoors, infradig, inner, innermost, insessorial, interior, intermediate, interposed, intersecting, interspersed, intervening, inverted, kitty, leeward, levitated, local, long, lower, malposed, medial, median, mid, middle, midway, nearby, next, obverse, one, outdoors, outer, outmost, overlying, padmasana, parallel, pendent, peripheral, perpendicular, plumb, point, port, posterior, prone, prostrate, proximal, proximate, quincunx, rear, reclining, rectilinear, recumbent, remote, retral, ringside, rolled, separate, sinistral, situate, situated, square, starboard, stationary, stoss, suburban, suburbicarian, successive, superior, superjacent, supine, surrounding, suspended, topical, topographical, transverse, ulterior, ultimate, uppermost, ventral, windward, zonal
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| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social class |
| Synonyms: | degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, species, sphere, standing, station, status, stratum, cultural level, social order |
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| Main Entry: | deploy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | redistribute, station troops or weapons |
| Synonyms: | arrange, display, dispose, expand, extend, open, position, set up, unfold, use, utilize, fan out, form front, put out patrol, set out, spread out, take battle stations |
| Antonyms: | withhold, not use |
| Main Entry: | doctrine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opinion; principle |
| Synonyms: | article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, credenda, implantation, inculcation, universal law, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | echelon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, level |
| Synonyms: | degree, file, grade, line, office, place, position, queue, rank, row, string, tier |
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, prominence, rank, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | gradation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, step |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, change, degree, difference, distinction, divergence, grade, level, mark, measurement, modification, notch, nuance, place, point, position, progression, rank, scale, sequence, series, shade, stage, succession, variation, calibration, grouping, ordering, sorting |
| Main Entry: | hierarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order |
| Synonyms: | pecking order, position, pyramid, scale, chain of command, due order, echelons, grouping, placing, ranking |
| Main Entry: | hypothesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theory |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assignment, assumption, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark*, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, term, theorem, thesis, apriority, attribution, lemma, presupposition, starting point, tentative law |
| Antonyms: | measurement, proof, reality, truth, calcualtion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | install |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, establish |
| Synonyms: | ensconce, fix, fix up, furnish, inaugurate, induct, institute, introduce, invest, lay, line, lodge, place, plant, position, settle, station, build in, instate, put in |
| Main Entry: | jockey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver |
| Synonyms: | direct, guide, handle, move, navigate, negotiate, pilot, position, ride, steer, turn, twist |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locus, stomping ground |
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