positioned

positioned
position position 2 verb [transitive]
1. if you position yourself in a particular way, or if something positions you in that way, you are prepared for a situation that you want to happen or think is going to happen:

• It has been working to position itself as a seller of group health insurance to major corporations.

• The company's restructuring has positioned it to compete more effectively.

2. MARKETING if a company positions a product in a particular way, it tries to get people to think about it in that way in relation to the company's other products and to competing products:

• The trend over the past decade has been to position pizza as a health food.

• We're trying to position the product toward younger buyers.

— positioned adjective :

• The company is well positioned in the marketplace.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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