Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to position
Participle: positioned
Gerund: positioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | position |
| you | position |
| he;she;it | positions |
| we | position |
| you | position |
| they | position |
Perfect
| I | have positioned |
| you | have positioned |
| he;she;it | has positioned |
| we | have positioned |
| you | have positioned |
| they | have positioned |
Past
| I | positioned |
| you | positioned |
| he;she;it | positioned |
| we | positioned |
| you | positioned |
| they | positioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had positioned |
| you | had positioned |
| he;she;it | had positioned |
| we | had positioned |
| you | had positioned |
| they | had positioned |
Future
| I | will position |
| you | will position |
| he;she;it | will position |
| we | will position |
| you | will position |
| they | will position |
Future Perfect
| I | will have positioned |
| you | will have positioned |
| he;she;it | will have positioned |
| we | will have positioned |
| you | will have positioned |
| they | will have positioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | position |
| you | position |
| he;she;it | position |
| we | position |
| you | position |
| they | position |
Perfect
| I | have positioned |
| you | have positioned |
| he;she;it | have positioned |
| we | have positioned |
| you | have positioned |
| they | have positioned |
Imperfect
| I | positioned |
| you | positioned |
| he;she;it | positioned |
| we | positioned |
| you | positioned |
| they | positioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had positioned |
| you | had positioned |
| he;she;it | had positioned |
| we | had positioned |
| you | had positioned |
| they | had positioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would position |
| you | would position |
| he;she;it | would position |
| we | would position |
| you | would position |
| they | would position |
Perfect
| I | would have positioned |
| you | would have positioned |
| he;she;it | would have positioned |
| we | would have positioned |
| you | would have positioned |
| they | would have positioned |
Imperative
| you | position |
| we | Let's position |
| you | position |
Verbs conjugated like 'position'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'position'
petition,
portion,
potion,
reposition,
ambition,
audition,
condition,
disposition,
lotion,
malposition,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, as a term in logic and philosophy, from O.Fr.
posicion, from L.
positionem (nom.
positio) "act or fact of placing, position, affirmation," from
posit-, pp. stem of
ponere "put, place," from PIE
*po-s(i)nere, from
*apo- "off, away" (see apo-) +
*sinere "to leave, let," of obscure origin. Meaning "manner in which a body is arranged or posed" first recorded 1703; specifically in ref. to dance steps, 1778, sexual intercourse, 1883. Meaning "official station, employment" is from 1890. The verb meaning "to put in a particular position" is recorded from 1817.
2. 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. See: Latin '
positiō'.
Sample Sentences
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While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches. [2012 June 26, Simon Bowers, “Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status”, in The Guardian:]