“place” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. where something is, or where something happens ○ Here’s the place where we saw the cows. ○ Make sure you put the file back in the right place. □ all over the place everywhere ○ There were dead leaves lying all over the place. 2. a home ○ Would you like to come back to my place for a cup of coffee? 3. a seat ○ I’m keeping this place for my sister. ○ I’m sorry, but this place has been taken. □ to change places with someone to take each other’s seat ○ If you can’t see the screen, change places with me. 4. a space for one person at a table ○ Please set two places for lunch. 5. a position in a race ○ The British runners are in the first three places. 6. the page where you have stopped reading a book ○ I left a piece of paper in the book to mark my place. ○ I’ve lost my place and can’t remember where I got to. 7. □ to take place to happen ○ The fight took place outside the football ground. ○ The film takes place in China. 8. a name given to a street in a town ○ They live in Regent Place. ■ verb 1. to put something somewhere ○ The waitress placed the teapot on the table. ○ Please place the envelope in the box. 2. to remember who someone is ○ His face seems familiar but I can’t place him.

to name the first three horses in a race. This is the duty of
the judge, who sees nothing of the race but the finish. Sometimes an
official will place more than the first three, but this in no way
interferes with the meaning of the word as generally received. To run
“nowhere” is to be unplaced.

first, second, or third position in a race. Sometimes a PLACE
is called a “situation” or a “shop.”

n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy•s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. prthu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.]
1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. “Here is the place appointed.” Shak. “What place can be for us
Within heaven’s bound?” Milton. “The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place.” Locke.
2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. ´Hangman boys in the market place.´ Shak.
3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. “Are you native of this place?” Shak.
4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also official station; occupation; calling. ´The enervating magic of place.´ Hawthorne. “Men in great place are thrice servants.” Bacon. “I know my place as I would they should do theirs.” Shak.
5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). ´In place of Lord Bassanio.´ Shak.
6. A definite position or passage of a document. “The place of the scripture which he read was this.” Acts viii. 32.
7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as he said in the first place.
8. Reception; effect; — implying the making room for. “My word hath no place in you.” John viii. 37.
9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; — usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. Wilhelm. — High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. ´Him that offereth in the high place.´ Jer. xlviii. 35. — In place, in proper position; timely. — Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as his remarks were out of place. — Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. — Place name, the name of a place or locality. London Academy. — To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. ´Neither give place to the devil.´ Eph. iv. 27. ´Let all the rest give place.´ Shak. — To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as such desires can have no place in a good heart. — To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. ´If your doctrine takes place.´ Berkeley. ´But none of these excuses would take place.´ Spenser. - - To take the place of, to be substituted for. Syn. — Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placed p. pr. & vb. n. Placing ] [Cf. F. placer. See Place, n.]
1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis. “Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.” Shak.
2. To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as in whatever sphere one is placed. “Place such over them to be rulers.” Ex. xviii. 21.
3. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as to place money in a bank.
4. To set; to fix; to repose; as to place confidence in a friend. ´My resolution ’s placed.´ Shak.
5. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. “Place it for her chief virtue.” Shak. To place (a person), to identify him. [Colloq. U.S.] Syn. — See Put.