place

Meaning of place

noun

(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
A location or position in space.
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
A passage or extract from a book or document.
A topic.
A frame of mind.
I'm in a strange place at the moment.
A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
(social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
three decimal places; the hundreds place
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
That's what I said in the first place!
Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

verb

To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
He placed the glass on the table.
To earn a given spot in a competition.
The Cowboys placed third in the league.
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
(in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
To arrange for or to make (a bet).
I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.
To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.
To place-kick (a goal).

Information about place

The plural form of place is: places.
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Hyphenation of place

place

It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
place is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

place synonyms

Meaning topographic point:

Meaning property:

Meaning stead:

stead, position, lieu

Meaning shoes:

Meaning home:

Meaning position:

position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation

Meaning station:

station, post, base, send

Meaning seat:

Meaning plaza:

Meaning space:

Meaning put:

put, set, pose, position, lay

Meaning rate:

rate, rank, range, order, grade

Meaning locate:

Meaning target:

target, aim, direct, point

Meaning identify:

Meaning set:

set, localize, localise

Meaning localize:

localize, localise

Meaning invest:

invest, put, commit

Meaning :

mindset, mood, location, stell, courtyard, square, achieve, make, deposit, reach

Translation of place

Portuguese: espaço, ponto, área, posição, posto, lugar, local, colocar, posicionar, pôr, situar, apoiar
Spanish: sitio, lugar, ubicación, localidad, colocar, disponer, posicionar, poner, situar, ubicar, depositar, ponerse, invertir, puesto
German: Platz, Ort, positionieren, stellen, platzieren, plazieren, legen, investieren
Italian: luogo, posto, collocare, posizionare, mettere, piazzare, ubicare, situare, appoggiare, porsi, collocarsi, mettersi, investire
French: lieu, endroit, placer, positionner, mettre, déposer, poser, investir

Anagrams of place

Calpe, calpe, capel, caple, clape

Words that rhyme with place

lace, impalace, palace, stalace, Lovelace, anelace, belace, bridelace, curtelace, delace, relace, shoelace, Glace, demiglace, Silace, antimilace, filace, necklace, Wallace, bullace, fallace, anlace, enlace, inlace, unlace, Colace, solace, Laplace, Place, WorkPlace, anyplace, aplace, biplace, birthplace, byplace, commonplace, deplace, displace, emplace, everyplace, farmplace, fireplace, foreplace, homeplace, interplace, marketplace, misplace, monoplace, noplace, outplace

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