place - 33 definitions |
| - noun |
| 1. | topographic point -- a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| synonyms: topographic point, spot |
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| 2. | place -- any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House" |
| synonyms: property |
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| 3. | place -- 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" |
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| 4. | place -- a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" |
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| 5. | stead -- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" |
| synonyms: stead, position, lieu |
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| 6. | place -- a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?" |
| synonyms: shoes |
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| 7. | home -- 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?" |
| synonyms: home |
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| 8. | position -- a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| synonyms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation |
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| 9. | position -- the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| synonyms: position |
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| 10. | place -- proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" |
| synonyms: station |
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| 11. | seat -- 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" |
| synonyms: seat |
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| 12. | place -- the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" |
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| 13. | place -- proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" |
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| 14. | plaza -- a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" |
| synonyms: plaza, piazza |
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| 15. | place -- an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" |
| synonyms: position |
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| 16. | space -- a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" |
| synonyms: space, blank space |
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| - verb |
| 17. | put -- 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" |
| synonyms: put, set, pose, position, lay |
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| 18. | place -- place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" |
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| 19. | rate -- assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| synonyms: rate, rank, range, order, grade |
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| 20. | locate -- assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" |
| synonyms: locate, site |
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| 21. | place -- to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet" |
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| 22. | place -- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" |
| synonyms: come in, come out |
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| 23. | target -- 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" |
| synonyms: target, aim, direct, point |
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| 24. | identify -- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" |
| synonyms: identify |
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| 25. | place -- assign to (a job or a home) |
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| 26. | set -- locate; "The film is set in Africa" |
| synonyms: set, localize, localise |
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| 27. | place -- estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." |
| synonyms: put, set |
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| 28. | place -- identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" |
| synonyms: localize, localise |
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| 29. | invest -- make an investment; "Put money into bonds" |
| synonyms: invest, put, commit |
| antonyms: divest -- reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" |
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| 30. | station -- assign to a station |
| synonyms: station, post, send |
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| 31. | place -- finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place" |
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| 32. | place -- sing a note with the correct pitch |
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| 33. | place, posit -- to set in a particular position |
| synonyms: posit, placed, places, deposit, placing, unplaced, plast, plaste, yplast |
| Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language |
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