| abide | stay, remain, stop [in a position] |
| advantage | advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority |
| again | back [to a former position] |
| authority | right to command, position of power |
| bench | give a position of honour, place in authority |
| bestow | place, locate, position |
| bring | reinstate, appoint to a position |
| building | position, fixed place, location |
| coign | projecting corner, prominent position |
| command | position of authority, superior role |
| condition | position, social rank, station |
| contrary | opposite side, position as adversary |
| couch | lower, bring down [to attack position] |
| countenance | position, standing, authority |
| deputation | position, office, appointment |
| dignity | official position, high office, rule |
| dilemma | choice of action, alternative position |
| displace | remove from office, lose one's position |
| dog-days | hottest days of the year [associated with the astrological position of Sirius, the Dog-star] |
| draw | deploy, position, dispose |
| equal | of the same social position; or: of equivalent fortune |
| fixure | fixture, position, attitude |
| fixure | stability, fixed position, settled state |
| flatly | in a prone position |
| foot | foothold, position, presence |
| forget | behave inappropriately, lose sight of one's position |
| form | position, rank, status |
| forward | in the front line, in forward position |
| gap | entrance, access-point, position of opportunity |
| gentry | position of gentleman, high rank |
| good life | comfortable position, respectable way of life |
| gravity | respectability, authority, dignified position |
| guard | [fencing] defensive position, posture of defence |
| highly | ambitiously, to be in a high position |
| hip | [wrestling] at a disadvantage, in an unfavourable position |
| honour | noble rank, position of dignity, title of renown |
| immediacy | position closest to the sovereign, being next in standing |
| lay | make a claim, establish a position |
| mean | of low rank, inferior in position, less important |
| move | shake one's resolve, alter one's position |
| office | role, position, place, function |
| ordinance | rank, position, standing [in the state] |
| palisado | palisade, defensive position using pointed stakes |
| party | side, position, viewpoint |
| perdu | sentinel exposed to danger, sentry placed in a hazardous position |
| picture | scene, visible position, conspicuous place |
| place | position, post, office, rank |
| plot | position, situation, site |
| point | situation, position, juncture |
| point | [falconry] rising in the air, position [to attack prey] |
| port | station, position, dignity |
| position | [in logic] affirmation, assertion, hypothesis |
| position | deliberate exposition, statement as a proposition |
| position | arrangement, ordering, sequence |
| posture | position, condition, nature |
| presence | gracious self, dignity as a person, personal position |
| private | ordinary person, someone not holding high position |
| progress | course, movement, changing position |
| quality | rank, standing, position |
| range | battle line, fighting position |
| rank | position, place |
| respect | relevance, pertinence; or: position |
| room | position [in line to the throne] |
| seat | situation, position, location |
| seat | position, place, status |
| set | formally seated, arranged in a position of state |
| stand | post, position, station |
| standing | status, position, stature |
| state | status, rank, position |
| stern | guiding position, centre of control |
| sustain | take up a position, have a place |
| sway | position of authority, powerful office |
| under | down, in a bad way, in a low position |
| unqueened | removed from the position of queen |
| unroosted | dislodged from a position, driven from a perch |
| unstate | strip position from, deprive of standing, dispossess |
| unvalued | unimportant, of no position, insignificant |
| vantage | advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority |
| vantage | helpful position, beneficial location |
| wall | take the inside position, keep to the cleaner side of a path |
| wind | [hunting] stay downwind of; stay in a safe position in relation to |