"positioned" meaning in English

See positioned in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} positioned (not comparable)
  1. (usually with to or an adverb) Being in a particular position; (figuratively) suitable. Tags: not-comparable, usually Derived forms: like-positioned
    Sense id: en-positioned-en-adj-mN0sMv9o Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} positioned
  1. simple past and past participle of position Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: position
    Sense id: en-positioned-en-verb--X9TFX3u
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          "text": "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.",
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