Position and Reach

Position

Position noun - The placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement.

Usage example: holds the lead position in the standings

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Reach and position are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reach" instead a noun "Position".

Reach noun - A wide space or area.

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Position and reach are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Position" instead a noun "Reach".

Nearby Words: reached, reaching, reachable

good	good position	good reach
high	high position	high reach
low	low position	low reach
best	best position	best reach
Other adjectives: better, similar, normal, original, awkward, powerful, actual, superior, horizontal, dominant, political, last, different, vertical.

In 1.3, the King Slime was given the ability to teleport to your position if it can't reach you, meaning you can't cheese the fight by sitting in a hole in the ground any more.

Source: Video Game / Terraria
In the opening cinematic of the Brood Wars expansion, a Goliath unit does this as its operator waits helplessly for the overwhelming Zerg forces to reach his position.

Source: Troubled Fetal Position
If you take more then 2 weeks of real time to reach the boss after he gets in position... he'll have died of old age, forcing you to fight mooks instead.

Source: Take Your Time

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