place
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Is place a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of place?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.Examples: "Ay, sir, the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place"Synonyms: courtyard, piazza, plaza, squarecountablephysicaluncountable
2. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.Examples: "They live at Westminster Place."countableoftenphysicaluncountable
3. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.countablephysicaluncountable
4. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.Examples: "He is going back to his native place on vacation."; "From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied."countablephysicaluncountable
5. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.Examples: "We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places."Synonyms: seatcountablephysicaluncountable
6. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.Examples: "My Lady Dedlock has been down at what she calls, in familiar conversation, her "place" in Lincolnshire."; "Do you want to come over to my place later?"countablephysicaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.Examples: "He placed the glass on the table."; "to place someone on a pedestal"; "His life vvas nigh vnto deaths dore yplaſte, / And thred-bare cote, and cobled ſhoes hee vvare, […]"Synonyms: lay, lay down, put down, set down, deposit, have, settransitive
2. (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).Examples: "The Cowboys placed third in the league."; "Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race."ergative
3. (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).Examples: "In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars."ergativeintransitive
4. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.Examples: "I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where."transitive
5. (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.Examples: "The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder."transitive
6. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.Synonyms: reachtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary