Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

positioned

/pəzˈɪʃənd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: po-si-tioned
IPA: /pəzˈɪʃənd/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being in a particular position; (figuratively) suitable.

verb

simple past and past participle of position

Example Sentences

"well positioned for success"
"By the time you grow into the place where you are positioned to receive the fullness of God's blessings, who you are spiritually will have been changed because you will have learned to yield and adapt to the nature of God."
"Here it is their geographical proximity rather than their relative financial advantage that makes them specially positioned to help; Samaritanism is distinguishable from distributive justice on this basis."
"[The IMF] remains much more positioned to manage than to predict crises, never mind prevent or deter them […]"

Derived Forms

geopositioned interpositioned malpositioned mispositioned superpositioned unpositioned

Phrases

like-positioned well-positioned

Rhymes With

commissioned conditioned petitioned auditioned partitioned decommissioned requisitioned repositioned reconditioned propositioned

Questions

How do you pronounce positioned?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəzˈɪʃənd/.
What does positioned mean?: Being in a particular position; (figuratively) suitable.

How to pronounce positioned

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