position | the act of positing, an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom |
dead-man's float prone float | a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
stead position place lieu | 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 | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player, what position does he play? |
placement location locating position positioning emplacement | the act of putting something in a certain place |
glider sailplane | aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces |
hang glider | a glider resembling a large kite, the rider hangs from it while descending from a height |
position spatial relation | 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 | the arrangement of the body and its limbs, he assumed an attitude of surrender |
ballet position | classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet |
lithotomy position | a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart, assumed for vaginal or rectal examination |
lotus position | a sitting position with the legs crossed, used in yoga |
missionary position | a position for sexual intercourse, a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top, soalled because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples |
superiority favorable position favourable position | the quality of being at a competitive advantage |
inferiority unfavorable position | the quality of being a competitive disadvantage |
position stance posture | a rationalized mental attitude |
position view perspective | a way of regarding situations or topics etc., consider what follows from the positivist view |
place position | an item on a list or in a sequence, in the second place, moved from third to fifth position |
cleanup cleanup position cleanup spot | (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team) |
aide-memoire position paper | a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications) |
side position | an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute, there are two sides to every question |
position paper | a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy |
pole position | the most favorable position at the start of a race |
position place | the particular portion of space occupied by something, he put the lamp back in its place |
position | the appropriate or customary location, the cars were in position |
military position position | a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons |
hang glider | a rider of a hang glider |
position effect | (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome |
angular position | relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established |
situation position | 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 | 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 |
type I diabetes insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus IDDM juvenile-onset diabetes juvenile diabetes growth-onset diabetes ketosis-prone diabetes ketoacidosis-prone diabetes autoimmune diabetes | severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset, characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis, diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
put set place pose position lay a | 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 | cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation |
erring error-prone | capable of making an error, all men are error-prone |
prone prostrate | lying face downward |
prone | having a tendency (to), often used in combination, a child prone to mischief, failure-prone |
accident-prone | having more than the average number of accidents |