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How to spell position

Position is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. It is posit plus -ION, with an I after the S.

What it means: The way someone or something is placed or arranged.

In a sentence: The cat found a cozy position on the couch to nap. ▶

The part people get wrong

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Same family: positive, oppose, opposite, compose, composition. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Position” comes from Latin *positio*, from *ponere* meaning “to place” or “to put.” That same Latin root also appears in words like “opposite,” “compose,” and “positive,” all related to placing or putting something in a certain way.

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