See pole position in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for pole position meaning in English (5.4kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pole position#Origin",
"2": "pole position § Origin"
},
"expansion": "pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia",
"name": "pedia"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pole positions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "pole position (countable and uncountable, plural pole positions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Motor racing",
"orig": "en:Motor racing",
"parents": [
"Automotive",
"Sports",
"Transport",
"Human activity",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Smith once again enjoys the pole position.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line."
],
"id": "en-pole_position-en-noun-urp5Zz2-",
"links": [
[
"motor racing",
"motor racing"
],
[
"qualifying position",
"qualifying position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(motor racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "bubble position"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "polesitter"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "inside track"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "racing line"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"motor-racing",
"racing",
"sports"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "posició preferent"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poleposition"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polepositie"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"word": "paalupaikka"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "position de tête"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primeira posición"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Poleposition"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poziționare de favorit"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poziție de favoare"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primera posición"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pole"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"word": "pole position"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "The England manager and his players hardly deserve too much criticism after move into pole position in their group, but that comes with the caveat that there will be much sterner tests to come in the months ahead.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35",
"text": "It has proven that Nexus can undertake big infrastructure projects, putting it firmly in pole position to undertake the reopening of the Leamside line to Washington. [Tyne and Wear]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"First place."
],
"id": "en-pole_position-en-noun-O7M0EvSr",
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) First place."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "první místo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "first place",
"word": "paalupaikka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primeira posición"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "loc în frunte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "first place",
"word": "poziție în față"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rândul întâi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primera posición"
}
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pole position"
],
"word": "pole position"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pole position#Origin",
"2": "pole position § Origin"
},
"expansion": "pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia",
"name": "pedia"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pole positions",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "pole position (countable and uncountable, plural pole positions)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bubble position"
},
{
"word": "polesitter"
},
{
"word": "inside track"
},
{
"word": "racing line"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Motor racing"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Smith once again enjoys the pole position.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line."
],
"links": [
[
"motor racing",
"motor racing"
],
[
"qualifying position",
"qualifying position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(motor racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"motor-racing",
"racing",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "The England manager and his players hardly deserve too much criticism after move into pole position in their group, but that comes with the caveat that there will be much sterner tests to come in the months ahead.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35",
"text": "It has proven that Nexus can undertake big infrastructure projects, putting it firmly in pole position to undertake the reopening of the Leamside line to Washington. [Tyne and Wear]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"First place."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) First place."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "posició preferent"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poleposition"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polepositie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"word": "paalupaikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "position de tête"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primeira posición"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Poleposition"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poziționare de favorit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poziție de favoare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primera posición"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pole"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "top qualifying position",
"word": "pole position"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "první místo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "first place",
"word": "paalupaikka"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primeira posición"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "loc în frunte"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "first place",
"word": "poziție în față"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rândul întâi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "first place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "primera posición"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pole position"
],
"word": "pole position"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.