• a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
• the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his Place"; "in lieu of"
• 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"
• the passage that is being read; "he lost his Place on the page"
• an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second Place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
• any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this Place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
• where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn''t have a home to go to"; "your Place or mine?"
• a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
• the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object; "he put the lamp back in its Place"
• a general vicinity; "He comes from a Place near Chicago"
• a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else''s Place"
• a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice Place for a picnic"
• a particular situation; "If you were in my Place what would you do?"
• proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his Place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
• proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman''s Place is no longer in the kitchen"
• recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the ''wanted'' poster"
• assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
• take a Place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
• estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
• to arrange for; "Place a phone call", "Place a bet"
• sing a note with the correct pitch
• finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to Place"
• assign to a station
• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
• put into a certain Place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
• locate; "The film is set in Africa"
• make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
• assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
• Place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was Placed on probation"
• assign to (a job or a home)
• identify the location or Place of; "We localized the source of the infection"

'Place' in other languages