place meaning

Word Frequency
We don't know about place.
Are you looking for one of these words?
place verb
1. (delegate) place somebody in a particular situation or location
  • "he was placed on probation"
2. (order) to arrange for
  • "place a phone call"
  • "place a bet"
3. (rank) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
Related: come_in, come_out
  • "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
4. (delegate) assign to (a job or a home)
5. (estimate) estimate
Related: put, set
  • "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
6. (situate) identify the location or place of
Related: localize, localise
  • "We localized the source of the infection"
7. (race) finish second or better in a horse or dog race
  • "he bet $2 on number six to place"
8. (sing) sing a note with the correct pitch
place noun
1. (geographical_area) any area set aside for a particular purpose
Related: property
  • "who owns this place?"
  • "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
2. (cognition) 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"
3. (vicinity) a general vicinity
  • "He comes from a place near Chicago"
4. (situation) a particular situation
Related: shoes
  • "If you were in my place what would you do?"
5. (social_station) proper or designated social situation
Related: station
  • "he overstepped his place"
  • "the responsibilities of a man in his station"
  • "married above her station"
6. (passage) the passage that is being read
  • "he lost his place on the page"
7. (condition) proper or appropriate position or location
  • "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
8. (item) an item on a list or in a sequence
Related: position
  • "in the second place"
  • "moved from third to fifth position"
set verb
1. (stage) locate
Related: localize, localise, place
  • "The film is set in Africa"
home noun
1. (residence) where you live at a particular time
Related: place
  • "deliver the package to my home"
  • "he doesn't have a home to go to"
  • "your place or mine?"
put verb
1. (move) put into a certain place or abstract location
Related: set, place, pose, position, lay
  • "Put your things here"
  • "Set the tray down"
  • "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"
  • "Place emphasis on a certain point"
position noun
1. (occupation) a job in an organization
Related: post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
  • "he occupied a post in the treasury"
2. (point) the particular portion of space occupied by something
Related: place
  • "he put the lamp back in its place"
rate verb
1. (evaluate) assign a rank or rating to
Related: rank, range, order, grade, place
  • "how would you rank these students?"
  • "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
space noun
1. (area) a blank area
Related: blank_space, place
  • "write your name in the space provided"
identify verb
1. (determine) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
Related: place
  • "She identified the man on the `wanted' poster"
station verb
1. (move) assign to a station
Related: post, send, place
target verb
1. (aim) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Related: aim, place, direct, point
  • "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"
  • "criticism directed at her superior"
  • "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
seat noun
1. (space) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
Related: place
  • "he booked their seats in advance"
  • "he sat in someone else's place"
invest verb
1. (spend) make an investment
Related: put, commit, place
Antonyms: divest
  • "Put money into bonds"
locate verb
1. (station) assign a location to
Related: place, site
  • "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
plaza noun
1. (public_square) a public square with room for pedestrians
Related: place, piazza
  • "they met at Elm Plaza"
  • "Grosvenor Place"
stead noun
1. (function) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Related: position, place, lieu
  • "can you go in my stead?"
  • "took his place"
  • "in lieu of"
topographic_point noun
1. (point) a point located with respect to surface features of some region
Related: place, spot
  • "this is a nice place for a picnic"
  • "a bright spot on a planet"
Sorry. Cannot  word value

Ultrafast dictionary Word lookup API

REST API for word matching with response body in JSON, TAB, CSV, or multiline TXT format, designed for consumption with minimal client code.

The API can be used to find words that match a pattern, like when implementing auto-complete or typing suggestions in your App.

Learn Our API