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pole position

Definition of pole position

noun

  • the most favourable position at the start of a motor race.
  • a leading or dominant position:a company boasting the pole position in the communications business

Origin:

1950s: from a 19th-century use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence

pole position in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of pole position in the US English dictionary