place (pl s)n.1. a. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space. b. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room. 2. a. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing. b. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship. 3. a. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake. b. A business establishment or office. c. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places. 4. Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town. 5. a. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand. b. A setting for one person at a table. 6. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place. 7. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place. 8. A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts. 9. a. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society. b. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place. c. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue. d. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize. 10. Social station: He overstepped his place. 11. A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place. 12. High rank or status. 13. A job, post, or position: found a place in the company. 14. Relative position in a series; standing. 15. Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace. 16. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place. 17. Mathematics A position in a numeral or series. v. placed, plac·ing, plac·es v.tr.1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set. 2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order. 3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board. 4. To find accommodation or employment for. 5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest. 6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper. 7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position. 8. a. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best. b. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet. 9. To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face. 10. a. To give an order for: place a bet. b. To apply or arrange for: place an order. 11. To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects. v.intr. To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second. Phrasal Verb: place out To qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class. Idioms: all over the place In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place. in place1. In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show. 2. In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune. keep/know (one's) place To recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum. place in the sun A dominant or favorable position or situation.
[Middle English, from Old English plæce and Old French place, open space (from Medieval Latin placea, from Vulgar Latin *plattea), both from Latin plat a, broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (street), feminine of platus; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
place a·ble adj. placer n. |
place Noun 1. a particular part of a space or of a surface 2. a geographical point, such as a town or city 3. a position or rank in a sequence or order 4. an open square lined with houses in a city or town 5. space or room 6. a house or living quarters: he's buying his own place 7. any building or area set aside for a specific purpose 8. the point reached in reading or speaking: her finger was pressed to the page as if marking her place 9. right or duty: it's not my place to do their job for them 10. appointment, position, or job: she won a place at university 11. position, condition, or state: you know what your place in the world is 12. a space or seat, as at a dining table 13. Maths the relative position of a digit in a number 14. all over the place in disorder or disarray 15. go places Informal to become successful 16. in or out of place in or out of the proper or customary position 17. in place of a. instead of: leeks can be used in place of the broccoli b. in exchange for: he gave her it in place of her ring 18. know one's place to be aware of one's inferior position 19. put someone in his or her place to humble someone who is arrogant, conceited, etc. 20. take place to happen or occur 21. take the place of to be a substitute for Verb [placing, placed] 1. to put in a particular or appropriate place 2. to find or indicate the place of: I bet you the media couldn't have placed Neath on the map before the by-election 3. to identify or classify by linking with an appropriate context: I felt I should know him, but could not quite place him 4. to make (an order or bet) 5. to find a home or job for (someone) 6. (often foll. by with)to put under the care (of) 7. (of a racehorse, greyhound, athlete, etc.) to arrive in first, second, third, or sometimes fourth place [Latin platea courtyard]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  place - 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"tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" junction - the place where two or more things come together end - one of two places from which people are communicating to each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time" hiding place - a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself) heights, high - a high place; "they stood on high and observed the countryside"; "he doesn't like heights" hole-in-the-wall - a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place; "his office was a hole-in-the-wall" mecca - a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists" overlook - a high place affording a good view crest, summit, top, peak, tip, crown - the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" rendezvous - a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous" scour - a place that is scoured (especially by running water) service area - place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities showplace - a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty stop - a spot where something halts or pauses; "his next stop is Atlanta" puddle, pool - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" zone - a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features | | 2. |  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"boatyard - a place where boats are built or maintained or stored sanctuary - a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept centre, center - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" colony - a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony" hatchery - a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery" | | 3. | place - 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"layer, stratum, level - an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" | | 4. | place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity - a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods" | | 5. | 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"role, function, office, part - the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" behalf - as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"; | | 6. | place - a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"situation, position - a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation" | | 7. |  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?"abode, residence - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" | | 8. | place - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"associateship - the position of associate (as in an office or academy) curacy - the position of a curate directorship - the position of a director of a business concern headship - the position of headmaster or headmistress hot seat - a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism manhood - the status of being a man | | 9. |  place - the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"wing - (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft half-mast, half-staff - a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress lead - (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first" point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" pole position - the most favorable position at the start of a race polls - the place where people vote pride of place - the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place anomaly - (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) site, situation - physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" setting - the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat" lie - position or manner in which something is situated post, station - the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" pitch - a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors" landmark - the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark" right - location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" left - location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left" back, rear - the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" front - the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" stand - the position where a thing or person stands station - (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty vantage - place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective) | | 10. | place - proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"niche - a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; "he found his niche in the academic world" | | 11. |  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"aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" perch - an elevated place serving as a seat space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space" | | 12. | place - the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page"passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | | 13. | place - proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" | | 14. |  place - a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" | | 15. | place - an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"item, point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" postposition - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached) preposition - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached) | | 16. | place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" margin - the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin" form - a printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form" | | Verb | 1. | 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"docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" cock - set the trigger of a firearm back for firing postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" prepose - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them" step - place (a ship's mast) in its step put back, replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses" plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text" snuggle, nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" superpose - place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" dispose - place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" emplace - put into place or position; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar" emplace - provide a new emplacement for guns ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" underlay - put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper" trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books" jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" repose - to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" sign - place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" butt - place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints" recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" tee, tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls" rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls" coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined" bed - put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" appose - place side by side or in close proximity sow, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers" juxtapose - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" bottle - put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water" | | 2. | place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" | | 3. | place - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"superordinate - place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" shortlist - put someone or something on a short list seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" | | 4. | place - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" | | 5. | place - to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet"order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage" | | 6. | place - take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"rank - take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" | | 7. | place - 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"address - direct a question at someone aim, take aim, train, direct, take - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" | | 8. | place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"set, determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" | | 9. | place - assign to (a job or a home) | | 10. | place - locate; "The film is set in Africa" | | 11. | place - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." | | 12. | place - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" | | 13. | place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"fund - invest money in government securities roll over - re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security; "She rolled over her IRA" shelter - invest (money) so that it is not taxable tie up - invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments" job, speculate - invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" buy into - buy stocks or shares of a company | | 14. | place - assign to a stationgarrison - station (troops) in a fort or garrison fort - station (troops) in a fort move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" site, locate, place - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" | | 15. | place - finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"race, run - compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | | 16. | place - sing a note with the correct pitchsing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" |
place noun 1. spot, point, position, site, area, situation, station, location, venue, whereabouts, locus noun 2. region, city, town, quarter, village, district, neighbourhood, hamlet, vicinity, locality, locale, dorp S. African 5. know one's rank, know one's standing, know one's position, know one's footing, know one's station, know one's status, know one's grade, know one's niche noun 8. home, house, room, property, seat, flat, apartment, accommodation, pad ( slang) residence, mansion, dwelling, manor, abode, domicile, bachelor apartment Canad. noun 9. (used in negative constructions) duty, right, job, charge, concern, role, affair, responsibility, task, function, prerogative verb 10. lay (down), leave, put (down), set (down), stand, sit, position, rest, plant, station, establish, stick ( informal) settle, fix, arrange, lean, deposit, locate, set out, install, prop, dispose, situate, stow, bung Brit. ( slang) plonk ( informal) array verb 12. classify, class, group, put, order, sort, rank, arrange, grade, assign, categorize verb 13. entrust to, give to, assign to, appoint to, allocate to, find a home for verb 14. identify, remember, recognize, pin someone down, put your finger on, put a name to, set someone in context >> in place of instead of, rather than, in exchange for, as an alternative to, taking the place of, in lieu of, as a substitute for, as a replacement for put someone in their place humble, humiliate, deflate, crush, mortify, take the wind out of someone's sails, cut someone down to size ( informal) take someone down a peg ( informal) make someone eat humble pie, bring someone down to size ( informal) make someone swallow their pride, settle someone's hash ( informal) >> take place happen, occur, go on, go down U.S., Canad. arise, come about, crop up, transpire ( informal) befall, materialize, come to pass ( archaic) betide  Translations place [pleɪs] n → lugar m; sitio (= rank); rango (= seat); plaza, asiento (= post); puesto; ( in street names) → plaza (= home): at/to his place → en/a su casato be placed (in race, exam) → colocarse; in the first place (= first of all) → en primer lugar; to change places with sb → cambiarse de sitio con algn; all over the place → por todas partes; he's going places ( fig, col) → llegará lejos; to put sb in his place ( fig) → poner a algn en su lugar; it is not my place to do it → no me incumbe a mí hacerlo; to place an order with sb (for) → hacer un pedido a algn (de);
 place [pleɪs] n → endroit m, lieu m (= proper position, job, rank, seat); place f (= house); maison f, logement m; (in street names); Laurel place → rue des Lauriers (= home); to be placed ( in race, exam) → se placer;
 place [pleɪs] n → Platz m (= position); Stelle f, Ort m (= seat) ( on committee etc) → Sitz m (= home); Wohnung f; at/to his place (= home) → bei/zu ihm; in the first place (= first of all) → erstens; to put sb in his place ( fig) → jdn in seine Schranken weisen; to be placed ( in race, exam) → platziert sein;
 place [pleɪs] n → posto, luogo (= proper position, rank, seat); posto (= house); casa, alloggio (= home): at/to his place → a casa sua; ( in street names): Laurel Place → via dei LauriI feel rather out of place here → qui mi sento un po' fuori posto; he's going places ( fig col) → si sta facendo strada; it is not my place to do it → non sta a me farlo;
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