Place
Definition of Place
Pronunciation: plās | n. | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | 5. | Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). | | 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. | | 10. | (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third. | | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | 5. | To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. | | 6. | (Racing) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially. | | 7. | (Rugby Football) To place-kick ( a goal). | | 8. | to recognize or identify (a person). |
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