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noun
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- benefit resulting from some event or action
- (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
noun
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
adj
- Relating to the position of something.
- of or relating to or determined by position
- (programming) An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.
- (chess) Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
- (economics) Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
noun
noun
- position or manner in which something is situated
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A liar; a dishonest person.
- An animal's lair.
- (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
- (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- (by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
verb
- have a place in relation to something else
- assume a reclining position
- be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
- tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
- be and remain in a particular state or condition
- originate (in)
- be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
- (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- (intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
noun
- the act of putting something in position
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
noun
- That which positions.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
verb
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive) To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- be worthy of or have a certain rating
- assign a rank or rating to
- estimate the value of
noun
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Speed.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
- a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
- the relative speed of progress or change
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- (transitive, US) To take the rank of; to outrank.
- (intransitive) To have a ranking.
- (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
adj
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- very offensive in smell or taste
- growing profusely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
- Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
- (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
noun
- the body of members of an organization or group
- relative status
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- position in a social hierarchy
- (taxonomy) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- (algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- (card games) The value of a playing card.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- (linear algebra) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To increase something suddenly.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To promote a person to a higher grade.
- (transitive, television) To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To bump into something; to collide with something.
- increase or raise
noun
- A position to which someone is assigned.
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- An assigned task.
- (law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
- (law) A document that effects this transfer.
- (LGBTQ) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- (programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
- (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
verb
- To occupy a position.
- To affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.
- (basketball) To establish a position in the frontcourt on one side or the other of the free-throw lane, especially used against smaller defenders.
- To enter any information, data etc (into a register, account, record etc).
noun
adj
verb
noun
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- (geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- The situation or position of an object.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- a surrounding or nearby region
noun
- (engineering) Initialism of true position.
- (linguistics) Initialism of tense phrase.
- (physiology) Initialism of threshold potential.
- (anatomy) Initialism of transverse process.
- Initialism of true positive.
- (medicine) Initialism of trigger point.
- (mathematics) Initialism of transportation problem.
- (networking) Initialism of termination point.
- (baseball) Initialism of triple play.
- (military) Initialism of torpedo boat.
- Initialism of textile paper.
- (colloquial) Initialism of toilet paper.
verb
verb
- (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- (transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
- (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
- (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
- offer for others to consider
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
noun
noun
- the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- social or financial or professional status or reputation
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- Duration.
- (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- (British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
adj
- executed in or initiated from a standing position
- permanent
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- having a supporting base
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- not created for a particular occasion
- Performed from an erect position.
- Erect, not cut down.
- Remaining in force or status.
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- Not movable; fixed.
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
verb
adj
noun
- (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
- (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
- (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity).
- (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
- (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.
noun
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
verb
- (transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.
- (intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
- (intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
noun
- The way a person holds and positions their body.
- One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
- (rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
- A situation or condition.
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
- a rationalized mental attitude
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
noun
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
verb
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
noun
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- benefit resulting from some event or action
- (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
- (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
- (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
noun
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
noun
- position or manner in which something is situated
- a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A liar; a dishonest person.
- An animal's lair.
- (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
- (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- (by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
verb
- have a place in relation to something else
- assume a reclining position
- be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
- tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
- be and remain in a particular state or condition
- originate (in)
- be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
- (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- (intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
noun
- the act of putting something in position
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
noun
- That which positions.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
noun
- A position to which someone is assigned.
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- An assigned task.
- (law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
- (law) A document that effects this transfer.
- (LGBTQ) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- (programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
- (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
- an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
- (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
noun
adj
verb
noun
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- (geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- The situation or position of an object.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- a surrounding or nearby region
noun
- (engineering) Initialism of true position.
- (linguistics) Initialism of tense phrase.
- (physiology) Initialism of threshold potential.
- (anatomy) Initialism of transverse process.
- Initialism of true positive.
- (medicine) Initialism of trigger point.
- (mathematics) Initialism of transportation problem.
- (networking) Initialism of termination point.
- (baseball) Initialism of triple play.
- (military) Initialism of torpedo boat.
- Initialism of textile paper.
- (colloquial) Initialism of toilet paper.
verb
noun
- the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- social or financial or professional status or reputation
- (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- Duration.
- (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- (British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
adj
- executed in or initiated from a standing position
- permanent
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- having a supporting base
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- not created for a particular occasion
- Performed from an erect position.
- Erect, not cut down.
- Remaining in force or status.
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- Not movable; fixed.
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
verb
noun
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
verb
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
verb
- (intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
- (transitive, informal) To like; to think highly of.
- (transitive) To ratify.
- (transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- (transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- (transitive, horse racing) To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- (intransitive) To have value or standing.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- (transitive) To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
- (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
- (transitive) To consider or regard.
- (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- be worthy of or have a certain rating
- assign a rank or rating to
- estimate the value of
noun
- Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- (horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- Speed.
- The relative speed of change or progress.
- A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- (nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
- amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
- a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
- the relative speed of progress or change
- a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- (transitive, US) To take the rank of; to outrank.
- (intransitive) To have a ranking.
- (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
adj
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- very offensive in smell or taste
- growing profusely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
- Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
- (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
noun
- the body of members of an organization or group
- relative status
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- position in a social hierarchy
- (taxonomy) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- (algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- (card games) The value of a playing card.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- (linear algebra) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To increase something suddenly.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To promote a person to a higher grade.
- (transitive, television) To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To bump into something; to collide with something.
- increase or raise
verb
- To occupy a position.
- To affix a notice, announcement etc, to a post, board, wall or the like.
- (basketball) To establish a position in the frontcourt on one side or the other of the free-throw lane, especially used against smaller defenders.
- To enter any information, data etc (into a register, account, record etc).
verb
- (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- (transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
- (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
- (transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
- offer for others to consider
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
noun
verb
- (transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.
- (intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired
- (intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction
- behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
noun
- The way a person holds and positions their body.
- One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
- (rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
- A situation or condition.
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
- a rationalized mental attitude
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
adj
- Relating to the position of something.
- of or relating to or determined by position
- (programming) An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.
- (chess) Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
- (economics) Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
noun
adj
noun
- (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
- (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
- (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity).
- (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
- (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.