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place in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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 
  2. take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
    "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
    place  come in  come out 
  3. make an investment
    "Put money into bonds"
    invest  put  commit  place 
  4. 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 
  5. recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
    "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
    identify  place 
  6. 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 
  7. locate
    "The film is set in Africa"
    set  localize  localise  place 
  8. identify the location or place of
    "We localized the source of the infection"
    place  localize  localise 
  9. assign a location to
    "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
    locate  place  site 
  10. estimate
    "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
    place  put  set 
  11. sing a note with the correct pitch
    place 
  12. to arrange for
    "place a phone call"; "place a bet"
    place 
  13. assign to a station
    station  post  send  place 
  14. finish second or better in a horse or dog race
    "he bet $2 on number six to place"
    place 
  15. assign to (a job or a home)
    place 
  16. place somebody in a particular situation or location
    "he was placed on probation"
    place 
noun
  1. a job in an organization
    "he occupied a post in the treasury"
    position  post  berth  office  spot  billet  place  situation 
  2. a blank area
    "write your name in the space provided"
    space  blank space  place 
  3. 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 
  4. 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 
  5. a public square with room for pedestrians
    "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
    plaza  place  piazza 
  6. 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 
  7. the passage that is being read
    "he lost his place on the page"
    place 
  8. an item on a list or in a sequence
    "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
    place  position 
  9. 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 
  10. a general vicinity
    "He comes from a place near Chicago"
    place 
  11. 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 
  12. 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 
  13. the particular portion of space occupied by something
    "he put the lamp back in its place"
    position  place 
  14. proper or designated social situation
    "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
    place  station 
  15. a particular situation
    "If you were in my place what would you do?"
    place  shoes 
  16. proper or appropriate position or location
    "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
    place 
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