position | the act of positing, an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom |
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 |
rest ease repose relaxation | freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility), took his repose by the swimming pool |
bedrest bed rest | confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) |
chin rest | a rest on which a violinist can place the chin |
gunwale gunnel gun rest | wale at the top of the side of boat, topmost planking of a wooden vessel |
home nursing home rest home | an institution where people are cared for, a home for the elderly |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
rest | a support on which things can be put, the gun was steadied on a special rest |
rest house | a building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels) |
rest mass | (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body |
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 |
rest | a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration |
whole rest | a musical rest equal in duration to four beats in common time |
half rest | a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time |
quarter rest | a musical rest having one-fourth the time value of a whole rest |
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 |
position effect | (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome |
rest energy | the energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference, equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light |
restharrow rest-harrow Ononis repens | European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots, spreads by underground runners |
restharrow rest-harrow Ononis spinosa | Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots |
remainder balance residual residue residuum rest | something left after other parts have been taken away, there was no remainder, he threw away the rest, he took what he wanted and I got the balance |
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 |
rest eternal rest sleep eternal sleep quietus | euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb), she was laid to rest beside her husband, they had to put their family pet to sleep |
rest | a state of inaction, a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon |
rest day day of rest | a day set aside for rest |
respite rest relief rest period | a pause for relaxation, people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests |
rest | be at rest |