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Position vs Possie - What's the difference?

position | possie |

As nouns the difference between position and possie

is that position is while possie is a firing position.

position

English

(wikipedia position)

Noun

  • (en noun) (abbreviated as posish )
  • A place or location.
  • A post of employment; a job.
  • 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.
  • A posture.
    • Stand in this position , with your arms at your side.
  • (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 !
  • (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm or institution.
    • Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position .
  • (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error .
  • (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

    • Derived terms

    * anatomical position * assume the position * body position * bubble position * closed position * cowgirl position * developmental position * eccentric position * emergency position indicating radio beacon * fetal position * fielding position * Fowler's position * hinge position * human position * lithotomy position * long position * lotus position * midsinoary position * naked position * net position * neutral position * occlusal position * open position * overnight position * pole position * positional * position effect * position limit * position paper * position sense * position trader * position trading * preferred position * prone position * protrusive position * qualifying position * recovery position * reposition * sacroanterior position * sex position * short position * Sims' position * statutory position * take a position * Trendelenburg position * Yoga position

    Related terms

    * ponent * pose * posit * positive * positional

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put into place.
  • * 26 June 2012 , Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/26/tax-crackdowns-threaten-channel-islands]
    • While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

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    possie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pozzy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A firing position.
  • * 1990 , Matthew Kentridge, An unofficial war: inside the conflict in Pietermaritzburg
    • I'm just sitting in my possie , my place, waiting for something to happen.
  • * 2005 , Matthew Wright, Western front: the New Zealand Division in the first World War, 1916-18
    • 'There is a beautiful odour in the possie where we are,' HG Clark wrote to his family...
  • * 2006 , Wesley Olson, Gallipoli: the Western Australian story
    • Away from the firing line, these possies and dugouts could be made larger...
  • (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A position or place, especially one that is advantageous.
  • * 1984 , Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground'', from ''From the Outer'', reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), ''The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection , page 289,
    • The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.
  • * 1998 , , Volume 20, Issues 47-49, page 102,
    • Of course, it helps if you are very rich and regularly pay more than $40,000 for a couture outfit to be guaranteed of a near-front-row possie at the bi-annual parades (winter and summer collections).
  • * 2009 , Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia , Lonely Planet, page 346,
    • It?s in a good people-watching possie and if you have an early dinner between 3pm and 7pm you get a 40% discount.

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