place
noun
[ pleɪs ]
• a particular position, point, or area in space; a location.
• "I can't be in two places at once"
Similar:
location,
site,
spot,
scene,
setting,
position,
point,
situation,
area,
region,
whereabouts,
locale,
venue,
locus,
town,
city,
village,
hamlet,
country,
state,
locality,
district,
neighbourhood,
quarter,
section,
clime,
• a portion of space designated or available for or being used by someone.
• "they hurried to their places at the table"
• a position in a sequence or series, typically one ordered on the basis of merit.
• "his score left him in ninth place"
• a square or short street.
• "the lecture theatre is in New Burlington Place"
place
verb
• put in a particular position.
• "a newspaper had been placed beside my plate"
Similar:
put down,
put,
set,
set down,
lay down,
deposit,
position,
plant,
rest,
stand,
sit,
settle,
station,
situate,
leave,
stow,
prop,
lean,
arrange,
set out,
array,
stick,
dump,
bung,
park,
plonk,
pop,
plunk,
• find a home or employment for.
• "the children were placed with foster-parents"
• identify or classify as being of a specified type or as holding a specified position in a sequence or hierarchy.
• "a survey placed the company 13th for achievement"
Similar:
rank,
order,
put in order,
grade,
group,
arrange,
sort,
class,
classify,
categorize,
put,
set,
assign,
• score (a goal) by a place kick.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from an alteration of Latin platea ‘open space’, from Greek plateia (hodos) ‘broad (way)’.
in place
• working or ready to work; established.
• "contingency plans should be in place"
• on the spot; not travelling any distance.
