place

Definitions of place in various dictionaries:

noun - a point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun - any area set aside for a particular purpose

noun - an abstract mental location

noun - a general vicinity

noun - the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

noun - a particular situation

noun - where you live at a particular time

noun - a job in an organization

noun - the particular portion of space occupied by something

noun - proper or designated social situation

noun - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

noun - the passage that is being read

noun - proper or appropriate position or location

noun - a public square with room for pedestrians

noun - an item on a list or in a sequence

noun - a blank area

verb - put into a certain place or abstract location

verb - place somebody in a particular situation or location

verb - assign a rank or rating to

verb - assign a location to

verb - to arrange for

verb - take a place in a competition

verb - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

verb - recognize as being

verb - assign to (a job or a home)

verb - locate

verb - estimate

verb - identify the location or place of

verb - make an investment

verb - assign to a station

verb - finish second or better in a horse or dog race

verb - sing a note with the correct pitch

An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.

Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.

The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.

A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.

A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.

A business establishment or office.

A locality, such as a town or a city: visited many places.

Often Place.

A public square or street with houses in a town.

A space in which one person, such as a passenger or a spectator, can sit or stand.

A setting for one person at a table.

A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.

A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.

A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.

The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.

The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.

A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.

The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.

Social station: He overstepped his place.

A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.

High rank or status.

A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.

Relative position in a series; standing.

Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.

The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.

The position of a figure in a numeral or series.

To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.

To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.

To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.

To find accommodation or employment for.

To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.

To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.

To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.

To rank in an order or a sequence: I’d place him second best.

To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.

To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person’s face.

To give an order for: place a bet.

To apply or arrange for: place an order.

To arrive among the first three finishers in a race, especially to finish second.

In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.

In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.

verb - to set in a particular position