I.
noun
1 place
ADJECTIVE
▪ correct , exact
▪ central
▪ geographical
▪ relative
▪ military , strategic
▪ defensive
▪ scoring ( sports , esp. AmE )
▪ original , starting
▪ new
VERB + POSITION
▪ take , take up
▪
The guards took up their ~s on either side of the door.
▪ jostle for
▪
Hordes of journalists jostled for ~ outside the conference hall.
▪ play ( sports )
▪
What ~ does he play?
▪ indicate
▪
Arrows indicate the ~s of the aircraft.
▪ determine
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Fix the pieces in ~ before gluing them together.
▪ into ~
▪
Please get into ~.
▪ out of ~
▪
Nakata had to play out of ~ when the defender was injured.
2 way of sitting, standing, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ comfortable , uncomfortable
▪ crouched , kneeling , sitting , standing
▪ sleeping
▪ horizontal , upright , vertical
▪ prone , supine ( both formal )
▪ foetal/fetal
VERB + POSITION
▪ assume
▪ change , shift
3 situation
ADJECTIVE
▪ business , economic , financial , legal
▪ dominant , impregnable ( esp. BrE ), strong
▪ favourable/favorable , good , ideal , perfect
▪ enviable
▪ invidious
▪ competitive
▪ strategic
▪ precarious , vulnerable , weak
▪
He left the club in a precarious financial ~ with debts of £36 million.
▪ awkward , difficult , embarrassing , impossible
▪ unique
▪ same , similar
▪ different
▪ current , present
▪ bargaining , negotiating
▪ trading
▪
the trading ~ of the Chilean economy
VERB + POSITION
▪ achieve , attain , reach
▪
It has taken years to achieve the ~ we are now in.
▪ put sb in
▪
It put me in an awkward ~ when he asked me to keep a secret.
▪ strengthen
▪
Their obvious desperation strengthens our bargaining ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
We may be in a ~ to help you.
▪
I was in the embarrassing ~ of having forgotten her name.
▪ ~ of
4 opinion
ADJECTIVE
▪ extreme
▪ ideological , philosophical , political , theoretical
▪ official
▪
The country's official ~ is that there is no famine in the area.
VERB + POSITION
▪ adopt , take
▪ defend , support
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
He took an extreme ~ on religious matters.
5 rank
ADJECTIVE
▪ first , second , etc.
▪ dominant , high , important , influential , pre-eminent
▪ inferior , lowly
▪ privileged , secure
▪ social
VERB + POSITION
▪ establish , gain , secure
▪ maintain
▪ hold , occupy
▪
They occupy a lowly ~ in society.
▪ use
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
▪
This latest novel confirms her pre-eminent ~ among today's writers.
▪ ~ in
▪
The firm gained a dominant ~ in the market.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of authority , a ~ of influence , a ~ of power
6 job
ADJECTIVE
▪ full-time , part-time
▪ current , present
▪ new
▪ key , responsible , senior , top
▪ leadership
▪ junior
▪ official
▪ skilled
▪ administrative , management , managerial
▪ staff
▪ faculty ( esp. AmE )
VERB + POSITION
▪ have , hold , occupy
▪ apply for
▪ find , obtain
▪ assume , take , take up
▪
She has taken up a key ~ in our head office.
▪ fill
▪ offer sb
▪ accept
▪ resign
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
How long were you in your previous ~?
▪ ~ at
▪
a faculty ~ at Iowa State University
▪ ~ in , ~ within
▪
his new ~ in the firm
▪ ~ of
▪
She was offered the ~ of sales manager.
II.
verb ( often be positioned )
ADVERB
▪ centrally
▪
The markers were not ~ed centrally.
▪ carefully
▪ correctly , properly
▪ wrongly ( esp. BrE )
▪ favourably/favorably ( esp. BrE ), well
▪ ideally , perfectly , uniquely
▪
The company is uniquely ~ed to compete in foreign markets.
▪ strategically
PREPOSITION
▪ at , behind , between , in , in front of , near , on , etc.
▪
Police marksmen were ~ed on the roof.
Position is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ camera , ↑ cursor