## Meanings
1. The place where someone or something is.
2. A job or post in an organization.
3. An opinion or attitude on a particular issue.
4. The way someone holds their body; a posture.
5. A rank or status compared with others.

## Examples
- From this position you can see the whole valley.
- She applied for a position at the bank.
- My position on this matter has not changed.
- Stand in this position, with your arms at your sides.
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

## Related Forms
- ponent
- pose
- posish
- posit
- positional
- positive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tḱey-
- Root: posicioun
- Root: posicion
- Root: positiō

## Etymology
From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

## AI Etymology
Position comes from Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose. In present-day English it covers the place where someone or something is, a job or post in an organization, and an opinion or attitude on a particular issue. The wider family includes related forms such as ponent, pose, posish, posit.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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