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place

English

  1. 🔊 an abstract mental location
    “he has a special place in my thoughts”
  2. 🔊 the passage that is being read
    “he lost his place on the page”
  3. 🔊 an item on a list or in a sequence
    “in the second place”
  4. 🔊 any area set aside for a particular purpose
    “who owns this place?”
  5. 🔊 a general vicinity
    “He comes from a place near Chicago”
  6. 🔊 a particular situation
    “If you were in my place what would you do?”
  7. 🔊 proper or designated social situation
    “he overstepped his place”
  8. 🔊 proper or appropriate position or location
    “a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen”
  9. 🔊 where you live at a particular time
    “deliver the package to my home”
  10. 🔊 a public square with room for pedestrians
    “they met at Elm Plaza”
  11. 🔊 the particular portion of space occupied by something
    “he put the lamp back in its place”
  12. 🔊 a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
    “he booked their seats in advance”
  13. 🔊 a point located with respect to surface features of some region
    “this is a nice place for a picnic”
  14. 🔊 the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    “can you go in my stead?”
  15. 🔊 a blank area
    “write your name in the space provided”
  16. 🔊 a job in an organization
    “he occupied a post in the treasury”
  17. 🔊 take a place in a competition
    “Jerry came in third in the Marathon”
  18. 🔊 estimate
    “We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.”
  19. 🔊 to arrange for
    “place a phone call”
  20. 🔊 sing a note with the correct pitch
  21. 🔊 finish second or better in a horse or dog race
    “he bet $2 on number six to place”
  22. 🔊 place somebody in a particular situation or location
    “he was placed on probation”
  23. 🔊 assign to (a job or a home)
  24. 🔊 identify the location or place of
    “We localized the source of the infection”
  25. 🔊 recognize as being
    “She identified the man on the `wanted' poster”
  26. 🔊 assign a location to
    “The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”
  27. 🔊 intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
    “He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face”
  28. 🔊 put into a certain place or abstract location
    “Put your things here”
  29. 🔊 assign to a station
  30. 🔊 locate
    “The film is set in Africa”
  31. 🔊 make an investment
    “Put money into bonds”
  32. 🔊 assign a rank or rating to
    “how would you rank these students?”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 contrada place
  2. 🔊 localidad place
  3. 🔊 lugar place
  4. 🔊 plasa place
  5. 🔊 quintana place
  6. 🔊 verga place
  7. 🔊 colocar to place
  8. 🔊 paraje place, site
  9. 🔊 vez place, stead
  10. 🔊 plantar to place, put
  11. 🔊 emplazamiento place, location
  12. 🔊 librar to place, to put (hope, trust)
  13. 🔊 depositar to place, to put (e.g. faith, trust, confidence, hope, energy, time)

Similar words

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