| place | |
| 1. n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area. | |
| 2. n. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. | |
| 3. n. A group of houses. | |
| They live at Westminster Place. | |
| 4. n. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. | |
| 5. n. Any area of the earth: a region. | |
| He is going back to his native place on vacation. | |
| 6. n. The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. | |
| We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places. | |
| 7. n. The area where one lives: one's home, formerly(chiefly) country estates and farms. | |
| Do you want to come over to my place later? | |
| 8. n. An area of the skin. | |
| 9. n. (euphemism) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle. | |
| 11. n. A location or position in space. | |
| 12. n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) A topic. | |
| 15. n. A frame of mind. | |
| I'm in a strange place at the moment. | |
| 16. n. (chess) A chess position; a square of the chessboard. | |
| 17. n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization. | |
| 18. n. A role or purpose; a station. | |
| It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case. | |
| 19. n. The position of a contestant in a competition. | |
| We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place. | |
| 20. n. (horse-racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. | |
| to win a bet on a horse for place | |
| 21. n. The position as a member of a sports team. | |
| He lost his place in the national team. | |
| 22. n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town. | |
| 23. n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. | |
| three decimal places; the hundreds place | |
| 24. n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding. | |
| That's what I said in the first place! | |
| 25. n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for. | |
| 26. v. To put (an object or person) in a specific location. | |
| He placed the glass on the table. | |
| 27. v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition. | |
| The Cowboys placed third in the league. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs. | |
| In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars. | |
| 29. v. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. | |
| I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where. | |
| 30. v. (transitive, in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race. | |
| Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race. | |
| 31. v. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. | |
| 32. v. To arrange for or to make (a bet). | |
| I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls. | |
| 33. v. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job. | |
| They phoned hoping to place her in the management team. | |
| 34. v. (sports) To place-kick (a goal). | |
