place
/plˈeɪs/
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Definitions
Noun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
Noun
any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
Noun
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"
Noun
a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
Noun
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
Noun
a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"
Noun
where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn''t have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
Noun
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Noun
the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
Noun
proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
Noun
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"
Noun
the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page"
Noun
proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman''s place is no longer in the kitchen"
Noun
a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
Noun
an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
Noun
a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
Verb
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"
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place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
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assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
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assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
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to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet"
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take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
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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"
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recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the ''wanted'' poster"
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assign to (a job or a home)
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locate; "The film is set in Africa"
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estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
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identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
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make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
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assign to a station
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finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"
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sing a note with the correct pitch
Synonyms
aim
berth
billet
blank space
come in
come out
commit
direct
grade
home
identify
invest
lay
lieu
localise
localize
locate
office
order
piazza
plaza
point
pose
position
post
property
put
range
rank
rate
seat
send
set
shoes
site
situation
space
spot
station
stead
target
topographic point
More General Terms
abode
aim
approximate
area
assign
business
cognition
condition
delegate
depute
designate
determine
direct
displace
drop
estimate
evaluate
expanse
expend
function
gauge
geographic area
geographic region
geographical area
geographical region
guess
item
job
judge
knowledge
line
line of work
locality
locate
move
neck of the woods
neighborhood
neighbourhood
noesis
occupation
office
order
part
pass judgment
passage
place
point
position
post
present
public square
race
rank
represent
residence
role
run
send
set
sing
situate
situation
social rank
social station
social status
space
spend
square
stage
station
status
surface area
take
take aim
train
vicinity
More Specific Terms
academicianship
accountantship
address
admiralty
ambassadorship
anomaly
apostleship
appose
apprenticeship
arrange
associateship
attorneyship
back
bailiffship
baronetage
barrel
bed
behalf
birthplace
bishopry
boatyard
bottle
bucket
butt
buy into
cadetship
caliphate
captaincy
captainship
cardinalship
center
centre
chair
chairmanship
chancellorship
chaplaincy
chaplainship
chieftaincy
chieftainship
clap
clerkship
cock
coffin
colony
commandership
commandery
comptrollership
consulship
controllership
councillorship
councilorship
counsellorship
counselorship
cram
crest
crown
curacy
curatorship
custodianship
deanery
deanship
deposit
differentiate
directorship
discipleship
dispose
distinguish
docket
downgrade
editorship
eldership
emirate
emplace
enclose
end
ensconce
episcopate
fatherhood
feudal lordship
fix
foremanship
fort
front
fund
garrison
generalcy
generalship
glycerolise
glycerolize
governorship
grave
ground
half-mast
half-staff
hatchery
headship
heights
hiding place
high
hole-in-the-wall
holy
holy place
home away from home
home from home
home in
hot seat
imbricate
inclose
incumbency
indent
indentation
indention
indenture
insert
inspectorship
instal
install
instructorship
internship
intersperse
introduce
jar
job
judgeship
judicature
junction
juxtapose
juxtaposition
khanate
ladle
landmark
lay
lay over
layer
lead
lean
lectureship
left
legateship
legation
legislatorship
level
librarianship
lie
lieutenancy
load
locate
lose
magistracy
magistrature
managership
manhood
margin
marshal
marshalship
mastership
mayoralty
mecca
messiahship
middle
mislay
misplace
moderatorship
nesting place
nestle
niche
overlook
overlordship
parallelize
park
pastorate
pastorship
peak
peasanthood
perch
pigeonhole
pile
pillow
pitch
place
place down
place of birth
place upright
plant
plum
poise
pole position
polling place
polling station
polls
pool
posit
position
post
postpose
postposition
praetorship
precentorship
preceptorship
prefecture
prelacy
prelature
premiership
prepose
preposition
presidency
presidentship
pride of place
primateship
principalship
prioritise
prioritize
priorship
proconsulate
proconsulship
proctorship
professorship
protectorship
public office
puddle
put back
put down
put in
rabbinate
rack up
range in
rear
receivership
recess
recline
rectorate
rectorship
regency
rendezvous
reorder
replace
repose
reposition
residency
rest
right
roll over
rulership
sainthood
sanctuary
sanctum
scour
seat
secern
secernate
secretaryship
seed
seigneury
seigniory
senatorship
separate
sequence
service area
set
set down
set up
setting
settle
settle down
severalise
severalize
shelter
shelve
ship
shortlist
showplace
sign
sinecure
siphon
sit
sit down
site
situate
situation
snuggle
solicitorship
solitude
sow
space
speakership
speculate
stand
stand up
station
step
stewardship
stick in
stop
stratify
stratum
studentship
subordinate
summit
superimpose
superordinate
superpose
target
target area
teachership
tee
tee up
tell
tell apart
thaneship
throne
throw
thrust
tie up
tip
tomb
top
treasurership
trench
tribuneship
trusteeship
underlay
upend
upgrade
vantage
vice-presidency
viceroyship
viziership
wardenship
wardership
wing
womanhood
zero in
zone