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place

The English word “place” has 31 meanings listed here.

  1. An area; somewhere within an area.
  2. A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
  3. The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
  4. The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
  5. An area of the body, especially the skin.
  6. An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
  7. An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.
  8. A location or position in space.
  9. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
  10. A passage or extract from a book or document.
  11. A topic.
  12. A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
  13. A responsibility or position in an organization.
  14. A role or purpose; a station.
  15. The position of a contestant in a competition.
  16. The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
  17. The position as a member of a sports team.
  18. A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
  19. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  20. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
  21. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
  22. To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
  23. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
  24. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
  25. To vouch for someone's alibi.
  26. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  27. To make.
  28. To bet.
  29. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
  30. To place-kick (a goal).
  31. To assign (more or less value) to something.
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