- place
- 1. noun
1)
an ideal place for dinner
Syn:location, site, spot, setting, position, situation, area, region, locale; venue; technical locus2)foreign places
Syn:country, state, area, region, town, city; locality, district; literary clime3)a place of her own
Syn:home, house, flat, apartment; accommodations, property, pied-à-terre; rooms, quarters; informal pad, digs; formal residence, abode, dwelling (place), domicile, habitation4)if I were in your place, I'd sell now
Syn:situation, position, circumstances; informal shoes5)a place was reserved for her
Syn:seat, chair, space6)I offered him a place in the company
Syn:job, position, post, appointment, situation, office; employment7)I know my place
Syn:status, position, standing, rank, niche; dated estate, station8)it was not her place to sort it out
Syn:responsibility, duty, job, task, role, function, concern, affair, charge; right, privilege, prerogative2. verb1)books were placed on the table
Syn:put (down), set (down), lay, deposit, position, plant, rest, stand, station, situate, leave; informal stick, dump, park, plonk, pop, plunk2)the trust you placed in me
Syn:put, lay, set, invest3)a survey placed the company sixth
Syn:rank, order, grade, class, classify, categorize; put, set, assign4)Joe couldn't quite place her
Syn:identify, recognize, remember, put a name to, pin down; locate, pinpoint5)we were placed with foster parents
Syn:house with, billet to; allocate to, assign to, appoint to•- in place
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