Positioning — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of putting something in a certain place

cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pəzˈɪʃənɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/pəzˈɪʃənɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pəzˈɪʃənɪŋ/

4 syllables Say it as /pəzˈɪʃənɪŋ/.

Examples

Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

position lay set emplacement placement place aligning put pose location locating

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of putting something in a certain place
verb	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
verb	put into a certain place or abstract location “Put your things here”
adjective	causing to fall into line or into position

Word Forms

locate	verb	assign a location to
position	verb	put into a certain place or abstract location
posit	verb	put (something somewhere) firmly
emplace	verb	put into place or position
position	noun	the appropriate or customary location
positioner	noun	(computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
positioning	noun	the act of putting something in a certain place
set	noun	the act of putting something in position
setting	noun	the physical position of something
place	noun	a blank area
placement	noun	the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Positionierung

der Akt, etwas an einem bestimmten Ort abzulegen

🇫🇷French

positionnement

le fait de mettre quelque chose à un certain endroit

🇪🇸Spanish

posicionamiento

el acto de poner algo en un lugar determinado

🇮🇹Italian

posizionamento

l'atto di mettere qualcosa in un certo posto

🇳🇱Dutch

positionering

de handeling waarbij iets op een bepaalde plaats wordt neergezet

🇵🇹Portuguese

posicionamento

o ato de colocar algo em um determinado lugar

🇷🇺Russian

позиционирование

акт размещения чего-либо в определенном месте

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पोजिशनिंग

किसी वस्तु को किसी निश्चित स्थान पर रखने की क्रिया या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

পজিশনিং

একটি নির্দিষ্ট জায়গায় কিছু রাখার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

நிலைப்படுத்துதல்

எதையாவது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட இடத்தில் வைக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

పొజిషనింగ్

ఏదో ఒక నిర్దిష్ట ప్రదేశంలో ఉంచే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

स्थिती

एखाद्या विशिष्ट ठिकाणी काहीतरी ठेवण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્થિતિ

ચોક્કસ જગ્યાએ કંઈક મૂકવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಥಾನೀಕರಣ

ಯಾವುದನ್ನಾದರೂ ಒಂದು ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്ഥാനനിർണ്ണയം

എന്തെങ്കിലും ഒരു പ്രത്യേക സ്ഥലത്ത് ഇടുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਥਿਤੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਸੇ ਖਾਸ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ 'ਤੇ ਰੱਖਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

پوزیشننگ

کسی چیز کو کسی خاص جگہ پر رکھنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

定位

将某物放在某个地方的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

位置決め

何かを特定の場所に置く行為

🇰🇷Korean

포지셔닝

어떤 장소에 물건을 두는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

định vị

hành động đặt một cái gì đó ở một nơi nhất định

🇹🇭Thai

การวางตำแหน่ง

การวางบางสิ่งบางอย่างไว้ในที่แห่งหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penentuan posisi

tindakan meletakkan sesuatu di tempat tertentu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpoposisyon

ang pagkilos ng paglalagay ng isang bagay sa isang tiyak na lugar

🇲🇾Malay

kedudukan

perbuatan meletakkan sesuatu di tempat tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تحديد المواقع

فعل وضع شيء في مكان معين

🇮🇷Persian

موقعیت یابی

عمل قرار دادن چیزی در مکانی خاص

🇹🇷Turkish

konumlandırma

bir şeyi belli bir yere koyma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מיקום

הפעולה של לשים משהו במקום מסוים

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