place

Noun

• a blank area
  • write your name in the space provided
    

• an item on a list or in a sequence
  • in the second place
    
  • moved from third to fifth position
    

• a public square with room for pedestrians
  • they met at Elm Plaza
    
  • Grosvenor Place
    

• proper or appropriate position or location
  • a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen
    

• the passage that is being read
  • he lost his place on the page
    

• 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
    

• proper or designated social situation
  • he overstepped his place
    
  • the responsibilities of a man in his station
    
  • married above her station
    

• the particular portion of space occupied by something
  • he put the lamp back in its place
    

• a job in an organization
  • he occupied a post in the treasury
    

• 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?
    

• a particular situation
  • If you were in my place what would you do?
    

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  • can you go in my stead?
    
  • took his place
    
  • in lieu of
    

• a general vicinity
  • He comes from a place near Chicago
    

• 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
    

• any area set aside for a particular purpose
  • who owns this place?
    
  • the president was concerned about the property across from the White House
    

• 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
    

Verb

• sing a note with the correct pitch

• finish second or better in a horse or dog race
  • he bet $2 on number six to place
    

• assign to a station

• make an investment
  • Put money into bonds
    

• identify the location or place of
  • We localized the source of the infection
    

• estimate
  • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
    

• locate
  • The film is set in Africa
    

• assign to (a job or a home)

• recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
  • She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
    

• 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
    

• take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
  • Jerry came in third in the Marathon
    

• to arrange for
  • place a phone call
    
  • place a bet
    

• assign a location to
  • The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
    

• assign a rank or rating to
  • how would you rank these students?
    
  • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
    

• place somebody in a particular situation or location
  • he was placed on probation
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  space , blank space , position , plaza , piazza , seat , station , post , berth , office , spot , billet , situation , home , shoes , stead , lieu , property , topographic point , send , invest , put , commit , localize , localise , set , identify , target , aim , direct , point , come in , come out , locate , site , rate , r
• Antonyms: 
  divest , disinvest