Definition of Place

Babylon English
place
n. location, position; standing, position; role, function
v. put, lay; lodge, house; nominate; appoint, charge with

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Place Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Place
The marketing of new securities, usually through sales to institutional investors. See float.

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Place
one of the four controllable variables (with product, price and promotion) of the marketing mix; the delivery of a good or service to a consumer; also referred to as Distribution. See DistributionMarketing Mix.

BTS Transportation Expressions
Place
An area with definite or indefinite boundaries. (DOI4)


Place Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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PLACE
Programming Language for Automatic Checkout Equipment.
["The Compiler for the Programming Language for Automatic Checkout Equipment (PLACE)", AFAPL TR-68-27, Battelle Inst, Columbus, May 1968].


Place Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Place
(n.)
Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
  
(n.)
To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
  
(n.)
To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
  
(n.)
To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
  
(n.)
To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
  
(n.)
To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
  
(n.)
Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
  
(n.)
Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
  
(n.)
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
  
(n.)
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
  
(n.)
Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
  
(n.)
A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
  
(n.)
A definite position or passage of a document.
  
(n.)
A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
  

WordNet 2.0
place

Noun
1. a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"
(synonym) topographic point, spot
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) grave, tomb
(derivation) set, localize, localise
2. any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
(synonym) property
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) sanctuary
(derivation) locate, site
3. 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"
(hypernym) cognition, knowledge, noesis
(hyponym) level, layer, stratum
4. a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
(hypernym) vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods
5. the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
(synonym) stead, position, lieu
(hypernym) function, office, part, role
(hyponym) behalf
6. a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"
(synonym) shoes
(hypernym) situation, position
7. where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
(synonym) home
(hypernym) residence, abode
(hyponym) home away from home, home from home
8. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
(synonym) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) academicianship
(derivation) station, post, base, send
9. the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object; "he put the lamp back in its place"
(synonym) position
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) half-mast
(attribute) right
(derivation) put, set, pose, position, lay
10. proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
(synonym) station
(hypernym) social station, social status, social rank, rank
(hyponym) niche
11. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
(synonym) seat
(hypernym) space
(hyponym) perch
(classification) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
12. the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page"
(hypernym) passage
13. proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
(hypernym) condition, status
14. a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
(synonym) plaza, piazza
(hypernym) public square, square
15. an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
(synonym) position
(hypernym) item, point
(hyponym) postposition
16. a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
(synonym) space, blank space
(hypernym) area, expanse, surface area
(hyponym) margin
(part-holonym) form
(derivation) put, set, pose, position, lay

Verb
1. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
(synonym) put, set, pose, position, lay
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(derivation) space, blank space
2. place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
(hypernym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
3. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
(synonym) rate, rank, range, order, grade
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) superordinate
(derivation) position
4. assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
(synonym) locate, site
(hypernym) station, post, base, send
(derivation) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation
5. to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet"
(hypernym) order
6. take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
(synonym) come in, come out
(hypernym) rank
(derivation) position
7. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
(synonym) target, aim, direct, point
(hypernym) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
(hyponym) address
(derivation) topographic point, spot
8. recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
(synonym) identify
(hypernym) determine, set
(hyponym) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
9. assign to (a job or a home)
(hypernym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
(hyponym) displace, uproot, deracinate
(derivation) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation
10. locate; "The film is set in Africa"
(synonym) set, localize, localise
(hypernym) stage, present, represent
(derivation) topographic point, spot
11. estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
(synonym) put, set
(hypernym) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
12. identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
(synonym) localize, localise
(hypernym) situate, locate
(derivation) placement, arrangement
13. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
(synonym) invest, put, commit
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(hyponym) fund
14. assign to a station
(synonym) station, post, base, send
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) garrison
(derivation) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation
15. finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"
(hypernym) race, run
(derivation) position
16. sing a note with the correct pitch
(hypernym) sing

The Phrase Finder
A place for everything and everything in its place
Meaning
The notion that everything should have a place to be stored in and that it should be tidily returned there when not in use.
Origin
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) in Thrift. 'A place for everything, and everything in its place.'

Between a rock and a hard place
Meaning
In difficulty, with two unsatisfactory options available.
Origin
US origin, earliest known printed reference is Dialect Notes V, 1921.

Screw your courage to the sticking place
Origin
From Shakespeare's Macbeth. Lady Macbeth: 'We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail.'

Australian Slang
All over the place like a mad woman's knitting
out of control

All over the place like a mad woman's lunch box
out of control

All over the place like a mad woman's piss
out of control

All over the place like a mad woman's washing
out of control

Martin place
the face

That place is an Arm pit
it stinks; it's terrible

hEnglish - advanced version
place

place
\place\, n. (racing) the position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. in betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the united states, finish first or second, in england, usually, first, second, or third.
place
\place\ (?), v. t.
1. (racing) to determine or announce the place of at the finish. usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.
2. (rugby football) to place-kick ( a goal).
place
\place\ (?), n. [f., fr. l. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to skr. p&rsdot;thu, lith. platus. cf. flawn, piazza, plate, plaza.] 1. any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. here is the place appointed. what place can be for us within heaven's bound? the word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place.
2. a broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. "hangman boys in the market place."
3. a position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. are you native of this place?
4. rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "the enervating magic of place." men in great place are thrice servants. i know my place as i would they should do theirs.
5. vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "in place of lord bassanio."
6. a definite position or passage of a document. the place of the scripture which he read was this. viii. 32.
7. ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
8. reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. my word hath no place in you. 37.
9. (astron.) position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
place
of arms (mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc.


  similar words(44) 




 fall into place 
 dwelling place 
 landing place 
 stay in place 
 to give place 
 high place 
 to take place 
 face of a place 
 to a lower place 
 last-place 
 by-place 
 place mat 
 breathing place 
 at that place 
 to take the place of 
 normal place 
 in place 
 carrying place 
 market place 
 burial place 
 wailing-place, jews` 
 take place 
 in a higher place 
 meeting place 
 to have place 
 imaginary place 
 to place 
 heliocentric place 
 in the first place 
 place kick 
 burying place 
 place-worship 
 place-kick 
 place name 
 out of place 
 watering place 
 place of arms 
 place upright 
 body of the place 
 to a higher place 
 place down 
 lurking place 
 trysting place 
 third-place finish 

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
place
n., áit f. (mv.: áiteanna)
place of worship: eaglais, séipéal, teach pobail
v., object: cuir
identify: aithin

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Anneddfa
Anneddfa = n. a dwelling place

Anneddl
Anneddl = n. a dwelling place

Aran
Aran = n. high place, or alp

Arteithfa
Arteithfa = n. a place of torture

Attref
Attref = n. deserted place

Baddon
Baddon = n. a bathing place

Bant
Bant = n. a high place; a. prominent, high, lofty

Beddrod
Beddrod = n. burial place

Beisfa
Beisfa = n. a shallow place

Beisfan
Beisfan = n. a shallow place

Beisle
Beisle = n. shallow place

Brwyneg
Brwyneg = n. a place where rushes grow

Buarthfa
Buarthfa = n. a folding place

Campfa
Campfa = n. a place for games

Capel
Capel = n. a chapel; a place of divine worship

Celfan
Celfan = n. place of retreat

Celydd
Celydd = n. sheltered place

Ceubelfa
Ceubelfa = n. ferrying place

Claddfa
Claddfa = n. a burying place

Cludfa
Cludfa = n. a carrying place

Crugyll
Crugyll = n. a place of tumps

Cuddfa
Cuddfa = n. a hiding place

Cyfannedd
Cyfannedd = n. inhabited place, adj. inhabited; domestic

Cyferyd
Cyferyd = n. opposite place

Cyfle
Cyfle = n. opportunity, place

Cyfnesaf
Cyfnesaf = next, nearest in place

Cyfosod
Cyfosod = v. to place together

Cynfyl
Cynfyl = n. native place

Cynniweirfa
Cynniweirfa = n. place of resort

Cyrchle
Cyrchle = n. a place of resort

Cysdodi
Cysdodi = v. to place in custody

Cysgodfa
Cysgodfa = n. a shady place

Dile
Dile = a. extinct; without place

Dirgel
Dirgel = n. a secret place, a. secret, occult

Dirgelfa
Dirgelfa = n. a secret place

Discynfa
Discynfa = n. place of descent

Dodi
Dodi = v. to put, to lay, to deposit, to place, to give

Eilio
Eilio = v. to place alternately, to plait, to construct

Esgoreddfa
Esgoreddfa = n. place of deliverance

Ffedu
Ffedu = v. to place outward; to expose

Ffoc
Ffoc = n. fire place, furnace

Gerwynebu
Gerwynebu = v. to place opposite

Godechfa
Godechfa = n. a lurking place

Golchfa
Golchfa = n. a washing place

Gorddodi
Gorddodi = v. to place over

Gorphwysfa
Gorphwysfa = n. a resting place

Gwanafu
Gwanafu = v. to place in lavers

Gwastadle
Gwastadle = n. level place

Gwenynlle
Gwenynlle = n. a place for bees

Gwestle
Gwestle = n. a place of entertainment

Gwrthosod
Gwrthosod = v. to place in opposition

Gwyddle
Gwyddle = n. a woody place

Gwylfa
Gwylfa = n. a watching place

Gwylfan
Gwylfan = n. a sentry place

Hyd
Hyd = n. length; continuity; while, prep. to, unto, as far as, ad. till; to the place that; along ever

Isod
Isod = prep. below, beneath, under, ad. in a lower place

Llamfa
Llamfa = n. stepping place

Llanastr
Llanastr = n. a strewed place

Lle
Lle = n. a place; stead, room, ad. where, at what place

Lleidfa
Lleidfa = n. a clayey place

Lleu
Lleu = v. to explain; to lecture; to place, to lay

Ma
Ma = n. place, spot, space; state

Mablan
Mablan = n. a burying place

Man
Man = n. a space, a spot, a place

Menyd
Menyd = adv. to the place where

Nythfa
Nythfa = n. a nesting place

Oddiyma
Oddiyma = adv. hence, from this place

Oddiyna
Oddiyna = adv. hence, from that place

Oddiyno
Oddiyno = adv. thence, from that place

Oerfa
Oerfa = n. cool place

Ornestfa
Ornestfa = n. place of combat

Ostl
Ostl = n. an open place; inn

Pant
Pant = n. what involves; a depression, a hollow, a low place

Peues
Peues = n. place of rest; a country

Porthfa
Porthfa = n. a carrying place; a port

Porthle
Porthle = n. a carrying place

Pres
Pres = n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present

Presel
Presel = a place over-run; a brake

Preswylfa
Preswylfa = n. a place of residence

Preswylfod
Preswylfod = n. a dwelling place

Rhencio
Rhencio = v. to place in a row

Rhesu
Rhesu = v. to place in a row

Rhydle
Rhydle = n. a fording place

Safle
Safle = n. a standing place, a stand

Sefyllfa
Sefyllfa = n. a standing place

Swyddfa
Swyddfa = n. place of business

Teml
Teml = n. a place of sitting; a temple

Tollfa
Tollfa = n. a tolling place

Trochfa
Trochfa = n. a bathing place

Troedle
Troedle = n. a trodden place

Trosfa
Trosfa = n. a turning place

Trychfa
Trychfa = n. place that is cut

Uchelfa
Uchelfa = n. a high place

Unlle
Unlle, Unman = n. one place, adv. anywhere

Yma
Yma = adv. here, in this place

Yna
Yna = adv. there, in that place; then; there now, lo!

Ysgorfa
Ysgorfa = n. a place of defence


Place Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Place
A particular street address or other designation of a factory, store, warehouse, place of business, private residence, construction camp, or the like at a point.


Place Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
place
constituo, addo, positus, pono posui positum


Place Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

american horse racing dictionary
place
Second position at finish.

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Place
shi; shitau

English - Klingon
place
v. lan


Place Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

A Basic Guide to ASL
Place (location¸ a position)
The 'P' hands are held side by side before the body, with middle fingertips touching. From this position, the hands separate and outline a circle (or a square), before coming together again closer to the body.


Place Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Physical Geography Terms and Meanings
Place
A term used in geography that describes the factors that make the location of natural and human-made phenomena unique.


Place Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Phobia
Aeroacrophobia
Fear of open high places

Catapedaphobia
Fear of jumping from high and low places

Cleithrophobia
Fear of being locked in an enclosed place
Also known as Cleisiophobia

Stenophobia
Fear of narrow things or places

Topophobia
Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright


Place Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Place
A place is a location in space.

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