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      place
      noun
      (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
      An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
      (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
      An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
      Any area of the earth: a region.
      The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
      The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
      An area of the body, especially the skin.
      (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
      A location or position in space.
      A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
      A state of mind.
      (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
      A role or purpose; a station.
      The position of a contestant in a competition.
      (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
      The position as a member of a sports team.
      Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
      Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
      Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
      An unincorporated community in the town of Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.
      A surname.
      (obsolete) An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.
      (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
      (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
      (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
      (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
      verb
      (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
      (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
      (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
      (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
      (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
      (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
      (transitive, in collocations) To make.
      (transitive) To bet.
      (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
      (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
      (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
      Roots
      plateaplac- · Greek · flat, broad
      Synonyms for place
      spotnsteadnpositionnputvlieunsitenlocationnseatnlocatevsetvlocalenberthnspacenranknordernemplacevhomensituatevwheresituationnplazanplacementnemplacementnlocalizevlocalityn
      Words related to place
      ensconcedvvenuenpossiesomeplaceadvoccupiesvnoplaceshowplacensomewhereadvwhereuntoinurndisplantadjtoponymicadjplacingsvrepositvoffsite

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