n. The aggregate of spatial relations of a body or figure, considered as rigid, to other such bodies or figures; the definition of the place of a thing; situation.n. Hence Status or standing; social rank or condition: as, social position; a man of position.n. The act of positing or asserting; also, the assertion itself; affirmation; principle laid down.n. A place occupied or to be occupied.n. Posture or manner of standing, sitting, or lying; attitude: as, an uneasy position.n. Place; proper or appropriate place: as, his lance was in position; specifically (military), the proper place to make or receive an attack.n. In arithmetic, the act of assuming an approximate value for an unknown quantity, and thence determining that quantity by means of the data of a given question.n. In logic, the laying down of a proposition, generally an arbitrary supposition; also, the proposition itself.n. In ancient prosody, the situation of a vowel before two or more consonants or a double consonant, tending to retard utterance and consequently to lengthen the syllable; such combination of consonants, or the prosodic effect produced by it.n. In obstetrics, the relation between the body of the fetus and the pelvis of the mother in any given presentation.n. Thesis, assertion, doctrine.n. Attitude, Pose, etc. See posture.To place with relation to other objects; set in a definite place.n. Specifically, in archery, the attitude or standing of an archer in the act of shooting.