German - English
Definition of stelle (punkt) in German English dictionary
- position
- A status or rank
Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- An opinion, stand, or stance
My position on this issue is unchanged.
- When someone or something is in a particular position, they are sitting, lying, or arranged in that way. Hold the upper back and neck in an erect position to give support for the head Ensure the patient is turned into the recovery position Mr. Dambar had raised himself to a sitting position
- Your position 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 position
- The job assignment of a single staff member Positions are assigned unique numbers for budget tracking purposes Each position has a job title that designates its classification
- the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in 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"
- A position in a company or organization is a job. He left a career in teaching to take up a position with the Arts Council = post
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?" 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 or arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" a rationalized mental attitude a way of regarding situations or topics etc
- The position of someone or something is the place where they are in relation to other things. The ship was identified, and its name and position were reported to the coastguard This conservatory enjoys an enviable position overlooking a leafy expanse
- Placements of the feet and body First position = rest/ready Second position = "en garde" Third position = the lunge
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
- cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
- Security holdings in an account or portfolio
- An interest in the market, either long or short, in the form of open contracts (back to top)
- 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
- 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
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
- Of or pertaining to position