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place
English
- 🔊 an abstract mental location“he has a special place in my thoughts”
- 🔊 the passage that is being read“he lost his place on the page”
- 🔊 an item on a list or in a sequence“in the second place”
- 🔊 any area set aside for a particular purpose“who owns this place?”
- 🔊 a general vicinity“He comes from a place near Chicago”
- 🔊 a particular situation“If you were in my place what would you do?”
- 🔊 proper or designated social situation“he overstepped his place”
- 🔊 proper or appropriate position or location“a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen”
- 🔊 where you live at a particular time“deliver the package to my home”
- 🔊 a public square with room for pedestrians“they met at Elm Plaza”
- 🔊 the particular portion of space occupied by something“he put the lamp back in its place”
- 🔊 a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)“he booked their seats in advance”
- 🔊 a point located with respect to surface features of some region“this is a nice place for a picnic”
- 🔊 the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another“can you go in my stead?”
- 🔊 a blank area“write your name in the space provided”
- 🔊 a job in an organization“he occupied a post in the treasury”
- 🔊 take a place in a competition“Jerry came in third in the Marathon”
- 🔊 estimate“We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.”
- 🔊 to arrange for“place a phone call”
- 🔊 sing a note with the correct pitch
- 🔊 finish second or better in a horse or dog race“he bet $2 on number six to place”
- 🔊 place somebody in a particular situation or location“he was placed on probation”
- 🔊 assign to (a job or a home)
- 🔊 identify the location or place of“We localized the source of the infection”
- 🔊 recognize as being“She identified the man on the `wanted' poster”
- 🔊 assign a location to“The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”
- 🔊 intend (something) to move towards a certain goal“He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face”
- 🔊 put into a certain place or abstract location“Put your things here”
- 🔊 assign to a station
- 🔊 locate“The film is set in Africa”
- 🔊 make an investment“Put money into bonds”
- 🔊 assign a rank or rating to“how would you rank these students?”
Spanish
- 🔊 contrada place
- 🔊 localidad place
- 🔊 lugar place
- 🔊 plasa place
- 🔊 quintana place
- 🔊 verga place
- 🔊 colocar to place
- 🔊 paraje place, site
- 🔊 vez place, stead
- 🔊 plantar to place, put
- 🔊 emplazamiento place, location
- 🔊 librar to place, to put (hope, trust)
- 🔊 depositar to place, to put (e.g. faith, trust, confidence, hope, energy, time)