Place

//pleɪs// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in the town of Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    An area; somewhere within an area.; An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. countable, physical, uncountable

    "Ay, sir, the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place"

  2. 2
    a job in an organization wordnet
  3. 3
    An area; somewhere within an area.; A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name. countable, often, physical, uncountable

    "They live at Westminster Place."

  4. 4
    the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another wordnet
  5. 5
    An area; somewhere within an area.; An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. countable, physical, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an abstract mental location wordnet
  2. 7
    An area; somewhere within an area.; Any area of the earth: a region. countable, physical, uncountable

    "He is going back to his native place on vacation."

  3. 8
    a blank area wordnet
  4. 9
    An area; somewhere within an area.; The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. countable, physical, uncountable

    "We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places."

  5. 10
    the passage that is being read wordnet
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    An area; somewhere within an area.; The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms. countable, physical, uncountable

    "My Lady Dedlock has been down at what she calls, in familiar conversation, her "place" in Lincolnshire."

  7. 12
    an item on a list or in a sequence wordnet
  8. 13
    An area; somewhere within an area.; An area of the body, especially the skin. countable, physical, uncountable

    "Which place hurts the most?"

  9. 14
    any area set aside for a particular purpose wordnet
  10. 15
    An area; somewhere within an area.; An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. countable, euphemistic, physical, slang, uncountable

    "Place,... (2) a jakes, or house of ease."

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    where you live at a particular time wordnet
  12. 17
    An area; somewhere within an area.; An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle. countable, obsolete, physical, uncountable
  13. 18
    a public square with room for pedestrians wordnet
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    A location or position in space. countable, uncountable

    "In that same place thou hast appointed me, To-morrow truly will I meete with thee."

  15. 20
    the particular portion of space occupied by something wordnet
  16. 21
    A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader countable, uncountable

    "I lost my place when you interrupted me."

  17. 22
    a general vicinity wordnet
  18. 23
    A passage or extract from a book or document. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  19. 24
    a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) wordnet
  20. 25
    A topic. countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable
  21. 26
    a point located with respect to surface features of some region wordnet
  22. 27
    A state of mind. countable, uncountable

    "I'm in a strange place at the moment."

  23. 28
    a particular situation wordnet
  24. 29
    A chess position; a square of the chessboard. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  25. 30
    proper or designated social situation wordnet
  26. 31
    A responsibility or position in an organization.; A role or purpose; a station. countable, uncountable

    "It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case."

  27. 32
    proper or appropriate position or location wordnet
  28. 33
    A responsibility or position in an organization.; The position of a contestant in a competition. countable, uncountable

    "We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place."

  29. 34
    A responsibility or position in an organization.; The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. countable, uncountable

    "to win a bet on a horse for place"

  30. 35
    A responsibility or position in an organization.; The position as a member of a sports team. countable, uncountable

    "He lost his place in the national team."

  31. 36
    A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  32. 37
    Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. countable, uncountable

    "three decimal places;  the hundreds place"

  33. 38
    Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding. countable, uncountable

    "That's what I said in the first place!"

  34. 39
    Reception; effect; implying the making room for. countable, uncountable

    "My word hath no place in you."

Verb
  1. 1
    To put (someone or something) in a specific location. transitive

    "He placed the glass on the table."

  2. 2
    recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something wordnet
  3. 3
    To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)). ergative

    "The Cowboys placed third in the league."

  4. 4
    assign a rank or rating to wordnet
  5. 5
    To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).; To finish second, especially of horses or dogs. ergative, intransitive

    "In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars."

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  1. 6
    take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal wordnet
  2. 7
    To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. transitive

    "I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where."

  3. 8
    estimate wordnet
  4. 9
    To vouch for someone's alibi. transitive

    "The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder."

  5. 10
    to arrange for wordnet
  6. 11
    To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. transitive
  7. 12
    sing a note with the correct pitch wordnet
  8. 13
    To make. transitive

    "We were all focused intently on the triangular conference call speaker in the middle of the table. President Trump's communications team was placing a call to President Volodymyr Zelenksy of Ukraine, and we were here to listen."

  9. 14
    finish second or better in a horse or dog race wordnet
  10. 15
    To bet. transitive

    "I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls."

  11. 16
    assign to a station wordnet
  12. 17
    To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc. transitive

    "They phoned hoping to place her in the management team."

  13. 18
    intend (something) to move towards a certain goal wordnet
  14. 19
    To place-kick (a goal). transitive
  15. 20
    put into a certain place or abstract location wordnet
  16. 21
    To assign (more or less value) to something. transitive

    "My workplace places a high premium on team spirit."

  17. 22
    locate wordnet
  18. 23
    make an investment wordnet
  19. 24
    assign a location to wordnet
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    place somebody in a particular situation or location wordnet
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    assign to (a job or a home) wordnet
  22. 27
    identify the location or place of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”). Displaced native Old English stōw, stede, and -ern. Compare also English pleck (“plot of ground”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot, location”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and plaza.

Etymology 2

From Middle English placen, from the noun (see above).

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