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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Place \Place\ (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an
area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem.
of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus.
Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.]
1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct
from all other space, or appropriated to some definite
object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely,
unbounded space.
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Here is the place appointed. --Shak.
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What place can be for us
Within heaven's bound? --Milton.
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The word place has sometimes a more confused sense,
and stands for that space which any body takes up;
and so the universe is a place. --Locke.
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2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or
short part of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys
in the market place." --Shak.
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3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a
mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or
post; a stronghold; a region or country.
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Are you native of this place? --Shak.
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4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or
position; condition; also, official station; occupation;
calling. "The enervating magic of place." --Hawthorne.
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Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon.
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I know my place as I would they should do theirs.
--Shak.
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5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure
or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In
place of Lord Bassanio." --Shak.
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6. A definite position or passage of a document.
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The place of the scripture which he read was this.
--Acts viii.
32.
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7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as,
he said in the first place.
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8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
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My word hath no place in you. --John viii.
37.
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9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body;
-- usually defined by its right ascension and declination,
or by its latitude and longitude.
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10. (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the
finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a
bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States,
finish first or second, in England, usually, first,
second, or third.
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Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous
of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.

High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were
offered. "Him that offereth in the high place." --Jer.
xlviii. 35.

In place, in proper position; timely.

Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks
were out of place.

Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it
has been placed on the ground.

Place name, the name of a place or locality. --London
Academy.

To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give
advantage. "Neither give place to the devil." --Eph. iv.
27. "Let all the rest give place." --Shak.

To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such
desires can have no place in a good heart.

To take place.
(a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not
take place.
(b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison.
(c) To take effect; to prevail. "If your doctrine takes
place." --Berkeley. "But none of these excuses would
take place." --Spenser.

To take the place of, to be substituted for.
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Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location;
site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust;
ground; room; stead.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Place \Place\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Placing.] [Cf. F. placer. See Place, n.]
1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or
place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a
particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to
place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.

Syn: Put.
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Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.
--Shak.
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2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position;
to surround with particular circumstances or relations in
life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life;
as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
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Place such over them to be rulers. --Ex. xviii.
21.
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3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place
money in a bank.
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4. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a
friend. "My resolution 's placed." --Shak.
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5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
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Place it for her chief virtue. --Shak.
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6. (Racing) To determine or announce the place of at the
finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three
horses are placed officially.
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7. (Rugby Football) To place-kick ( a goal).
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8. to recognize or identify (a person). [Colloq. U.S.]
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WordNet Place
n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some
region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" [syn: {topographic
point}, spot]
2: any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this
place?"; "the president was concerned about the property
across from the White House" [syn: property]
3: 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"
4: a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
5: the function or position properly or customarily occupied or
served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, lieu]
6: a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would
you do?" [syn: shoes]
7: 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?" [syn: home]
8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot,
billet, situation]
9: the particular portion of space occupied by a physical
object; "he put the lamp back in its place" [syn: position]
10: proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his
place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station";
"married above her station" [syn: station]
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" [syn: seat]
12: the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the
page"
13: proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place
is no longer in the kitchen"
14: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm
Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, piazza]
15: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place";
"moved from third to fifth position" [syn: position]
16: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn:
space, blank space]
v 1: 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" [syn: put, set, pose, position, lay]
2: place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he
was placed on probation"
3: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food
guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade]
4: assign a location to; "The company located some of their
agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, site]
5: to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet"
6: take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal;
"Jerry came in third in the Marathon" [syn: come in, {come
out}]
7: 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" [syn: target, aim, direct,
point]
8: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or
something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
[syn: identify]
9: assign to (a job or a home)
10: locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: set, localize,
localise]
11: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: put,
set]
12: identify the location or place of; "We localized the source
of the infection" [syn: localize, localise]
13: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put,
commit] [ant: divest]
14: assign to a station [syn: station, post, base, send]
15: finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2
on number six to place"
16: sing a note with the correct pitch

Moby Dictionary
Anschauung , Autobahn , OK , US highway , a leg up , abiding place ,
abode , address , advance , agora , airspace , align , all right ,
all set , allegiance , alley , alleyway , allocate , allot , alphabetize ,
amphitheater , analyze , angle , angle of vision , anoint , antepast ,
apartment , apply , appointment , apportion , appropriate , approximate ,
area , arena , arise , arrange , array , arrive , arterial ,
arterial highway , arterial street , artery , ascribe , assign ,
assigned task , associate , assort , athletic field , attach ,
attribute , auditorium , autoroute , autostrada , avenue , awkward ,
background , basis , bear garden , bearings , belt , belt highway ,
bench mark , berth , billet , blind alley , boulevard , bounden duty ,
bout , bowl , boxing ring , bracket , break down , bring down ,
bull ring , bung , burden , burden with , business , buy in , buy into ,
bypass , byway , call , call of duty , camino real , campo , campus ,
cantonment , canvas , capacity , carriageway , case , caste , catalog ,
categorize , causeway , causey , chair , chance , character , charge ,
chaussee , chore , circumferential , circumstance , circumstances ,
circus , city , class , classify , clear stage , close , cockpit , codify ,
coliseum , collocate , colosseum , come about , commitment , compose ,
concern , condition , confines , connection , consider ,
continental shelf , continuity , corduroy road , correct , corridor ,
country , county road , course , court , cover , crash pad , crescent ,
crib , crown , cul-de-sac , dead-end street , deal , deal out ,
dedication , deference , degree , demand , department , deploy , deposit ,
dessert , determinate , devoir , devotion , diagnose , digest , diggings ,
digs , dike , dirt road , dish , dispose , distinguish , distribute ,
district , divide , division , domicile , domus , drive , driveway ,
duties and responsibilities , duty , dwelling , dwelling place ,
echelon , embarrass , emplace , emplacement , employment , engagement ,
enjoin , enthrone , entree , entremets , environs , establish , estate ,
ethics , exact , expressway , eye , fair field , fair game , farmstead ,
fasten upon , fealty , field , file , financier , finger , fitting , fix ,
flat , floor , flourish , footing , forum , frame of reference ,
framework , freeway , freight with , function , get a fix , get ahead ,
gig , give , go , go on , go places , good form , gradation , grade ,
grange , gravel road , ground , group , gym , gymnasium , habitation ,
hacienda , hall , hamlet , happen , have , heartland , help , helping ,
hierarchy , highroad , highway , highways and byways , hinterland ,
hippodrome , hole , homage , home , home in on , home place , homecroft ,
homestead , house , house and grounds , house and lot , humble ,
identify , imperative , impose , impose on , impose upon , improper ,
impute , in order , in place , in situ , inappropriate , inaugurate ,
incumbency , index , induct , inflict on , inflict upon , inning ,
innings , install , instate , interstate highway , invest , invest in ,
jam , job , judge , know , know again , land , lane ,
latitude and longitude , lay , lay on , lay out money , levy , liberty ,
lieu , light , line , line of duty , line up , list , lists , livelihood ,
local road , locale , locality , localize , locate , location , locus ,
lodging , lodging place , lodgings , lodgment , lot , loyalty ,
main drag , main road , make a splash , make an investment , make good ,
make out , market , market cross , marketplace , marshal , mart , mat ,
mental outlook , messuage , mews , milieu , misplaced , mission ,
modality , mode , moonlighting , mortify , motorway , must , nail ,
navigate , neighborhood , nest , niche , obligation , occasion ,
occupation , occur , office , offshore rights , okay , onus , open forum ,
opening , opportunism , opportunity , order , ought , out of place ,
outlook , pad , palaestra , parade ground , parcel out , park , parkway ,
part , parts , pass , pave , paved road , peg , piazza , pickle ,
pigeonhole , pike , pin down , pinpoint , pit , place in office ,
place to live , placement , plank road , plate , platform , plaza ,
plight , plow back into , plunge , point , point of view , portion ,
pose , posit , position , post , posture , power structure , precedence ,
precinct , precincts , predicament , premises , primary highway ,
private road , prize ring , proper , prosper , province , public square ,