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How to sign: put into a certain place or abstract location
"Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point";
See also: set back, array, lay out, postpone, prorogue, table, shelve, set back, defer, put off, put back, knock back, postpone, prorogue, table, shelve, array, defer, put off, imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, assemble, put together, tack together, put up, communicate, put across, arrange, unload, knock back, rig, ensnare, entrap, disembark, debark, assemble, put together, tack together, lay out, erect, set up, land, lag, remit, set out, lay, put back, put over, set out, put back, put down, piece, piece, put over, remit, set up, remand, set back, put away, put up, frame, put down, set up, tack, set back, tack, bring down, apply, replace, repose, range, put down, set up, hold over, range, set down, rear, hold over, set down, set up, pass on, put on, discharge, drop, raise, post, set up, pass
Similiar / Same: put, set, place, lay, pose
Within this category: appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, docket, emplace, emplace, ensconce, glycerolize, ground, imbricate, insert, install, intersperse, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lay, lean, load, marshal, middle, misplace, misplace, nestle, parallelize, park, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, plant, plant, poise, position, postpose, prepose, rack up, recess, recline, replace, repose, reposition, rest, seat, set, settle, set down, set down, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, situate, sow, space, stand, step, stick, stratify, superimpose, superpose, tee, throw, throw, trench, underlay, upend
How to sign: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
"consider what follows from the positivist view";
Similiar / Same: view, perspective
Categories: orientation
Within this category: bird's eye view, futurism, light, paradigm, sight, straddle, vanguard, Weltanschauung
How to sign: the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
"he put the lamp back in its place";
Similiar / Same: place
Categories: point
Within this category: anomaly, back, front, half-mast, juxtaposition, landmark, lead, left, lie, pitch, pole position, polls, post, pride of place, right, setting, site, stand, station, vantage
How to sign: position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
"he assumed an attitude of surrender";
Similiar / Same: posture, attitude
Categories: bodily property
Within this category: asana, ballet position, decubitus, ectopia, eversion, guard, lithotomy position, lotus position, missionary position, order arms, pose, presentation, sprawl, stance, tuck
How to sign: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
"he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life";
Similiar / Same: status
Categories: state
Within this category: bastardy, caste, command, dignity, election, equality, face, footing, high ground, high profile, high status, holy order, leadership, legal status, low status, nationality, nobility, ordination, pedestal, rank, retirement, slot, social station, standing, toehold
How to sign: a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury";
Similiar / Same: berth, post, billet, situation, office, spot, place
Categories: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Within this category: academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, attorneyship, bailiffship, bishopry, cadetship, caliphate, captainship, cardinalship, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chieftaincy, clerkship, commandership, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, counselorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, deanship, directorship, discipleship, editorship, eldership, emirate, fatherhood, fatherhood, foremanship, generalship, governorship, headship, headship, hot seat, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, judgship, khanate, lectureship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, magistracy, managership, manhood, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, moderatorship, overlordship, pastorship, peasanthood, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, premiership, presidency, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, public office, receivership, regency, residency, rulership, sainthood, secretaryship, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship, studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, womanhood
How to sign: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Similiar / Same: locating, positioning, location, emplacement, placement
Categories: activity
Within this category: fingering, implantation, interposition, juxtaposition, orientation, planting, repositioning, set, stratification, superposition, superposition
How to sign: a condition or position in which you find yourself
"the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation";
Similiar / Same: situation
Within this category: place, poverty trap, soup, stymie
