Posit vs. Position — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Posit and Position
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Posit
Put forward as fact or as a basis for argument
The Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature
Position
A place or location.
Posit
Put in position; place
The Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets
Position
The right or appropriate place
The bands are in position for the parade's start.
Posit
A statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.
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Position
A strategic area occupied by members of a force
The troops took up positions along the river.
Posit
To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument
"If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better" (Anthony Burgess).
Position
The way in which something is placed
The position of the clock's hands.
Posit
To place firmly in position.
Position
The arrangement of body parts; posture
A standing position.
Posit
Something that is posited; a postulate.
Position
In ballet, any of the five arrangements of the arms and feet in which the legs are turned out from the pelvis.
Posit
(aviation) position
Position
An advantageous place or location
Jockeys maneuvering for position.
Posit
Assume the existence of; to postulate.
Position
A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances
In a position to bargain.
Posit
Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
Position
A point of view or attitude on a certain question
The mayor's position on taxes.
Posit
Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
Position
Social standing or status; rank.
Posit
To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
Position
A post of employment; a job.
Posit
To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.
Position
(Sports) The area for which a particular player is responsible.
Posit
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Position
The arrangement of the pieces or cards at any particular time in a game such as chess, checkers, or bridge.
Posit
Put (something somewhere) firmly;
She posited her hand on his shoulder
Deposit the suitcase on the bench
Fix your eyes on this spot
Position
The act or process of positing.
Posit
Put before;
I submit to you that the accused is guilty
Position
A principle or proposition posited.
Posit
Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom;
He posited three basic laws of nature
Position
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
Position
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
Position
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
Position
To put in place or position.
Position
To determine the position of; locate.
Position
A place or location.
Position
A post of employment; a job.
Position
A status or rank.
Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
Position
An opinion, stand, or stance.
My position on this issue is unchanged.
Position
A posture.
Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
Position
(figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
Position
(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Stop running all over the field and play your position!
Position
(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
Long position
Naked position
Position
(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.
Position
(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
Position
(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
Position
(poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
Position
To put into place.
Position
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
We have different prospects of the same thing, according to our different positions to it.
Position
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
Position
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
Let not the proof of any position depend on the positions that follow, but always on those which go before.
Position
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
Position
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; - called also the rule of trial and error.
Position
To indicate the position of; to place.
Position
The particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
He put the lamp back in its place
Position
A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Position
A way of regarding situations or topics etc.;
Consider what follows from the positivist view
Position
Position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;
He assumed an attitude of surrender
Position
The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society;
He had the status of a minor
The novel attained the status of a classic
Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life
Position
A job in an organization;
He occupied a post in the treasury
Position
The spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated;
The position of the hands on the clock
He specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage
Position
The appropriate or customary location;
The cars were in position
Position
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
What position does he play?
Position
The act of putting something in a certain place or location
Position
A condition or position in which you find yourself;
The unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
Found herself in a very fortunate situation
Position
An item on a list or in a sequence;
In the second place
Moved from third to fifth position
Position
A rationalized mental attitude
Position
An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;
There are two sides to every question
Position
The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
Can you go in my stead?
Took his place
In lieu of
Position
The act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Position
Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Position
Put into a certain place or abstract location;
Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point
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