Place

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.

A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.

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.

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.

Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).

A definite position or passage of a document.

Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.

Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.

Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.

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.

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.

To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.

To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.

To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

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"

a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"

a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"

proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"

finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"