(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of someone or something is the place where they are in relation to other things.
The ship was identified, and its name and ~ were reported to the coastguard...
This conservatory enjoys an enviable ~ overlooking a leafy expanse.
N-COUNT
2.
When someone or something is in a particular ~, they are sitting, lying, or arranged in that way.
Hold the upper back and neck in an erect ~ to give support for the head...
Ensure the patient is turned into the recovery ~...
Mr. Dambar had raised himself to a sitting ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
If you ~ something somewhere, you put it there carefully, so that it is in the right place or ~.
Place the pastry circles on to a baking sheet and ~ one apple on each circle.
= place
VERB: V n prep
4.
Your ~ in society is the role and the importance that you have in it.
...the ~ of older people in society.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
5.
A ~ in a company or organization is a job. (FORMAL)
He left a career in teaching to take up a ~ with the Arts Council...
= post
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6.
Your ~ in a race or competition is how well you did in relation to the other competitors or how well you are doing.
By the ninth hour the car was running in eighth ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
7.
You can describe your situation at a particular time by saying that you are in a particular ~.
He’s going to be in a very difficult ~ indeed if things go badly for him...
Companies should be made to reveal more about their financial ~...
It was not the only time he found himself in this ~.
= situation
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp
8.
Your ~ on a particular matter is your attitude towards it or your opinion of it. (FORMAL)
He could be depended on to take a moderate ~ on most of the key issues...
= stance
N-COUNT: usu supp N
9.
If you are in a ~ to do something, you are able to do it. If you are in no ~ to do something, you are unable to do it.
The UN system will be in a ~ to support the extensive relief efforts needed...
I am not in a ~ to comment.
N-SING: N to-inf
10.
If someone or something is in ~, they are in their correct or usual place or arrangement.
This second door is an extra security measure and can be locked in ~ during the day...
Some 28,000 US troops are moving into ~.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v