Definition of "position"

A place or location.  examples

A post of employment; a job.  examples

A status or rank.  examples

An opinion, stand, or stance.  quotations  examples

A posture.  examples

(figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.  examples

(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.  examples

(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.  quotations  examples

(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.  examples

(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.  examples

(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.  examples

(poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.  examples

(electronics) A pin; a connector.  examples

To put into place.  quotations  examples