Definitions of position:

• noun:   the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
• noun:   a job in an organization
• noun:   (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

  Example: "What position does he play?"

• noun:   the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

  Example: "The position of the hands on the clock"

• noun:   position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
• noun:   a rationalized mental attitude
• noun:   a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
• noun:   the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
• noun:   the appropriate or customary location

  Example: "The cars were in position"

• noun:   the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
• noun:   an item on a list or in a sequence

  Example: "Moved from third to fifth position"

• noun:   an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
• noun:   a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
• noun:   a condition or position in which you find yourself

  Example: "The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"

• noun:   the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

  Example: "Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

• noun:   the act of putting something in a certain place or location
• verb:   cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
• verb:   put into a certain place or abstract location