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verb- 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"
target aim place direct point
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
"Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
place come in come out
- make an investment
"Put money into bonds"
invest put commit place
- assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
rate rank range order grade place
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
identify place
- 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"
put set place pose position lay
- locate
"The film is set in Africa"
set localize localise place
- identify the location or place of
"We localized the source of the infection"
place localize localise
- assign a location to
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
locate place site
- estimate
"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
place put set
- sing a note with the correct pitch
place
- to arrange for
"place a phone call"; "place a bet"
place
- assign to a station
station post send place
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
"he bet $2 on number six to place"
place
- assign to (a job or a home)
place
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
"he was placed on probation"
place
noun- a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
position post berth office spot billet place situation
- a blank area
"write your name in the space provided"
space blank space place
- 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?"
home place
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
"can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
stead position place lieu
- a public square with room for pedestrians
"they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
plaza place piazza
- 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"
place
- the passage that is being read
"he lost his place on the page"
place
- an item on a list or in a sequence
"in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
place position
- 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"
topographic point place spot
- a general vicinity
"He comes from a place near Chicago"
place
- 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"
seat place
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
"who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
place property
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
"he put the lamp back in its place"
position place
- proper or designated social situation
"he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
place station
- a particular situation
"If you were in my place what would you do?"
place shoes
- proper or appropriate position or location
"a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
place
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University