place

place [plās]

n.

[OFr < L platea, a broad street (in LL, an open space) < Gr plateia, a street < platys, broad: see PLATY-]

1. a square or court in a city

2. a short street, often closed at one end

3. space; room

4. a particular area or locality; region

5.

a) the part of space occupied by a person or thing

b) situation or state [if I were in his place]

6. a city, town, or village

7. a residence; dwelling; house and grounds

8. a building or space devoted to a special purpose [a place of amusement]

9. a particular spot on or part of the body or a surface [a sore place on the leg]

10. a particular passage or page in a book, magazine, etc., esp. the point where one has temporarily stopped reading [to mark one's place]

11. position or standing, esp. one of importance, accorded to one [one's place in history]

12. a step or point in a sequence [in the first place]

13. the customary, proper, or natural position, time, or character

14. a space used, reserved, or customarily occupied by a person, as a seat in a theater, at a table, etc.

15. an office; employment; position

16. official position

17. the duties of any position

18. the duty, or business (of a person)

19. in racing, the first, second, or third position at the finish, specif. the second position

20. Arith. the position of a digit in a number (Ex.: in 12.3 the one is in the ten's place, the two in the unit's place, and the three in the tenth's place)

vt.

placed, placing [Fr placer]

1.

a) to put in a particular place, condition, or relation

b) to put in an assigned or proper place, as in a sequence or series

☆ c) to identify by associating with the correct place or circumstances [to place somebody's face]

2. to find employment or a position for; appoint to an office

3. to arrange for a desired handling, treatment, or allocation of [to place a shipment, to place a child for adoption]

4. to assign (a value)

5. to make or give as an estimate

6. to offer (a proposal, problem, etc.) to be considered

7. to repose (confidence, trust, hope, etc.) in a person or thing

8. to adjust (the voice) to head or chest register

9. to finish in (a specified position) in a competition [to place last]

vi.

Sports to finish among the first three in a contest; specif., to finish second in a horse or dog race

to finish among the first three in a contest; specif., to finish second in a horse or dog race

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give place

1. to make room

2. to yield

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☆ go places

Slang to achieve success

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in place or out of place

1. in (or out of) the customary, proper, or assigned place

2. that is (or is not) fitting, proper, or timely

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in place of

as a substitute for; instead of

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know one's place

to be conscious of one's (inferior) position or rank in life and act accordingly

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put someone in his (or her) place

to humble someone who is overstepping bounds

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run in place

to move the legs alternately as in running, but remain in the same place, not going forward or backward

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take place

to come into being; happen; occur

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take the place of

to be a substitute for