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position

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";

put in BSL Watch how to sign put in British Sign Language
put - SignStation
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place in BSL Watch how to sign place in British Sign Language
place - University of Wolverhampton
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set in BSL Watch how to sign set in British Sign Language
set - QIA Dictionary of ICT
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put in BSL Watch how to sign put in British Sign Language

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

Categories: displace, move

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

position

How to sign: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
"consider what follows from the positivist view";

view in BSL Watch how to sign view in British Sign Language
view - SignStation
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position in BSL Watch how to sign position in British Sign Language
position - SignStation
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perspective in BSL Watch how to sign perspective in British Sign Language
perspective - University of Wolverhampton
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view in BSL Watch how to sign view in British Sign Language
view - QIA Dictionary of ICT
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Similiar / Same: view, perspective

Categories: orientation

Within this category: bird's eye view, futurism, light, paradigm, sight, straddle, vanguard, Weltanschauung

position

How to sign: position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
"he assumed an attitude of surrender";

attitude in BSL Watch how to sign attitude in British Sign Language
attitude - SignStation
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attitude in BSL Watch how to sign attitude in British Sign Language
attitude
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Attitude in BSL Watch how to sign Attitude in British Sign Language
Attitude - Nathanael Farley
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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

position

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";

status in BSL Watch how to sign status in British Sign Language
status - QIA Dictionary of ICT
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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

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