1. A point located with respect to surface features of some region
   "this is a nice place for a picnic";
   - topographic point, spot
    
2. Any area set aside for a particular purpose
   "who owns this place?";
   - property
    
3. A general vicinity
   "He comes from a place near Chicago"
    
4. Where you live at a particular time
   "your place or mine?";
   - home
    
5. A particular situation
   "If you were in my place what would you do?";
   - shoes
    
6. The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
   "took his place";
   - stead, position, lieu
    
7. An abstract mental location
   "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"
    
8. The particular portion of space occupied by something
   "he put the lamp back in its place";
   - position
    
9. A public square with room for pedestrians
   "Grosvenor Place";
   - plaza, piazza
    
10. Proper or designated social situation
    "he overstepped his place";
    - station
     
11. Proper or appropriate position or location
    "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
     
12. A job in an organization
    "he occupied a place in the treasury";
    - position, post, berth, office, situation
     
13. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theatre or on a train or aeroplane)
    "he sat in someone else's place";
    - seat
     
14. The passage that is being read
    "he lost his place on the page"
     
15. An item on a list or in a sequence
    "in the second place";
    - position
     
16. A blank area
    "write your name in the place provided";
    - space, blank space

1. Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
   "Place emphasis on a certain point";
   - put, set, pose, position, lay
    
2. Assign somebody to a particular situation or location
   "he was placed on probation"
    
3. Assign a rank or rating to
   "The restaurant is placed highly in the food guide";
   - rate, rank, range, grade
    
4. Assign a location to
   "The company placed some of their agents in Los Angeles";
   - locate, site
    
5. Assign to (a job or a home)
   "The agency placed the orphan with a loving family"
    
6. Locate or establish in a particular place
   "They placed the church on the hill";
   - set, localize, localise [Brit]
    
7. Identify the location or place of
   "The GPS helped place the lost hikers";
   - localize, localise [Brit]
    
8. Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal, or direct to a specific place or group of people
   "They placed the advertisement in magazines targeting young professionals";
   - target, aim, direct, point
    
9. To arrange for
   "place a phone call"; "place a bet"
    
10. Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
    "She placed the man on the 'wanted' poster";
    - identify, finger [informal]
     
11. Make an investment
    "place money into bonds";
    - invest, put, commit
     
12. Estimate
    "We place the time of arrival at 8 P.M.";
    - put, set
     
13. Finish second or better in a horse or dog race
    "he bet $2 on number six to place"
     
14. Sing a note with the correct pitch
    "The soprano placed her high notes perfectly"; "He struggled to place the difficult intervals in the song"
     
15. Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
    "Jerry placed third in the Marathon";
    - come in, come out
     
16. Assign to a particular location
    "The guards were placed at every entrance";
    - station, post, send

Sounds like: pix, pyx, picks, place

Derived forms: placing, placed, places

See also: left, right

Type of: abode, aim, approximate, area, assign, backyard, business, cognition, condition, delegate, depute, designate, determine, direct, displace, drop, estimate, evaluate, expanse, expend, function, gauge, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, item, job, judge, line, line of work, locality, locate, move, neck of the woods [informal], neighborhood [US], neighbourhood [Brit, Cdn], noesis [technical], occupation, office, order, part, pass judgment, passage, point, position, present, public square, race, rank, represent, residence, role, run, set, sing, situate, situation, social rank, social station, social status, space, spend, square, stage, status, surface area, take, take aim, train, vicinage [N. Amer], vicinity

Part of: form

Encyclopedia: Place, The