PLACE
/pleɪs/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb put into a certain place or abstract location.
— synonyms: put, set, pose, position, lay
- verb place somebody in a particular situation or location.
- verb assign a rank or rating to.
— synonyms: rate, rank, range, order, grade
- verb assign a location to.
— synonyms: locate, site
- verb to arrange for.
- verb take a place in a competition.
— synonyms: come_in, come_out
- verb intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.
— synonyms: target, aim, direct, point
- verb recognize as being.
— synonyms: identify
- verb assign to (a job or a home).
- verb locate.
— synonyms: set, localize, localise
- verb estimate.
— synonyms: put, set
- verb identify the location or place of.
— synonyms: localize, localise
- verb make an investment.
— synonyms: invest, put, commit
- verb assign to a station.
— synonyms: station, post, send
- verb finish second or better in a horse or dog race.
- verb sing a note with the correct pitch.
- noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region.
— synonyms: topographic_point, spot
- noun any area set aside for a particular purpose.
— synonyms: property
- noun an abstract mental location.
- noun a general vicinity.
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
— synonyms: stead, position, lieu
- noun a particular situation.
— synonyms: shoes
- noun where you live at a particular time.
— synonyms: home
- noun a job in an organization.
— synonyms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation
- noun the particular portion of space occupied by something.
— synonyms: position
- noun proper or designated social situation.
— synonyms: station
- noun a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
— synonyms: seat
- noun the passage that is being read.
- noun proper or appropriate position or location.
- noun a public square with room for pedestrians.
— synonyms: plaza, piazza
- noun an item on a list or in a sequence.
— synonyms: position
- noun a blank area.
— synonyms: space, blank_space
Examples
- “I'm in a strange place at the moment.”
- “three decimal places; the hundreds place”
- “That's what I said in the first place!”
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