"pole position" meaning in English

See pole position in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pole positions [plural]
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  1. (motor racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Motor racing Related terms: bubble position, polesitter, inside track, racing line Translations (top qualifying position): posició preferent [feminine] (Catalan), pole position (Czech), poleposition [masculine] (Dutch), polepositie [feminine] (Dutch), paalupaikka (Finnish), pole position [feminine] (French), position de tête [feminine] (French), primeira posición [feminine] (Galician), Poleposition [feminine] (German), pole position [feminine] (Italian), poziționare de favorit [feminine] (Romanian), poziție de favoare [feminine] (Romanian), primera posición [feminine] (Spanish), pole [feminine] (Spanish), pole position (Swedish)
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  2. (by extension) First place. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (first place): první místo [neuter] (Czech), paalupaikka (Finnish), primeira posición [feminine] (Galician), loc în frunte [neuter] (Romanian), poziție în față (Romanian), rândul întâi [neuter] (Romanian), primera posición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pole_position-en-noun-O7M0EvSr Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'first place': 0 100

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