Place
[n]
[n] the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
[n] an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
[n] a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
[n] the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page"
[n] an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
[n] a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
[n] any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
[n] where you live; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
[n] a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
[n] the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object; "he put the lamp back in its place"
[n] a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
[n] a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"
[n] a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"
[n] proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
[n] proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
[v] recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the"wanted" poster"
[v] assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
[v] take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
[v] estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
[v] to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet"
[v] sing a note with the correct pitch
[v] finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"
[v] assign to a station
[v] intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
[v] put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
[v] locate; "The film is set in Africa"
[v] make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
[v] assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
[v] place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
[v] assign to (a job or a home)
[v] identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
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Synonyms
aim, base, berth, blank space, come in, come out, commit, direct, grade, home, identify, invest, lay, lieu, localise, localise, localize, localize, locate, office, order, piazza, plaza, point, pose, position, position, position, position, post, post, prop
Related Terms
a leg up, abiding place, abode, address, advance, agora, airspace, align, all right, all set, allegiance, alley, alleyway, allocate, allot, alphabetize, amphitheater, analyze, angle, angle of vision, anoint, Anschauung, antepast, apartment, apply, appoint