position

position
ə'ziʃən 1. noun
1) (a way of standing, sitting etc: He lay in an uncomfortable position.) stilling, posisjon
2) (a place or situation: The house is in a beautiful position.) sted, beliggenhet
3) (a job; a post: He has a good position with a local bank.) stilling, arbeid
4) (a point of view: Let me explain my position on employment.) syn, standpunkt
2. verb
(to put or place: He positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.) sette, plassere
- out of position
holdning
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legge
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perspektiv
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plass
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posisjon
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stilling
I
subst. \/pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n\/
1) (også overført) posisjon, plass, leie
• we secured a position where we would get a good view
vi sikret oss seg en plass der vi ville få god utsikt
2) standpunkt, synspunkt
• what's your position on this controversy?
hva er ditt standpunkt i denne striden?
3) stilling, jobb
4) (sosial) posisjon, (sosial) stilling, anseelse i samfunnet
• honesty and hard work had earned him a position in society
ærlighet og hardt arbeid hadde sikret ham en fremskutt posisjon i samfunnet
• they like to mingle with people of position
de liker å omgås personer i fremskutte samfunnstillinger
5) fordelaktig posisjon, overtak
• they were manoeuvring for position
de prøvde å skaffe seg et overtak
6) situasjon
• the exposure of her husband left her in an awkward position
avsløringen av mannen hennes satte henne i en vanskelig situasjon
7) (militærvesen) stilling
8) (sjakk, musikk, ballett) posisjon
9) (logikk) påstand, tese
10) (på postkontor e.l.) luke
• position closed
ingen ekspedering
apply for a position søke en stilling\/jobb
be in a position to være i stand til, ha forutsetninger for, ha mulighet for
in position på (rett) plass
jockey for position forsøke å manøvrere seg inn i en god stilling (hesteveddeløp) ri for å få en fordelaktig posisjon
move into position (militærvesen) gå i stilling
out of position ute av stilling, ikke på plass
place somebody in a false position stille noen i falskt lys
play for position forsøke å skaffe seg en posisjon
II
verb \/pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n\/
1) plassere, anbringe
2) lokalisere, angi posisjonen til, angi beliggenheten til

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