noun

1. a square or court in a city
2. a short street, often closed at one end
3. space; room
4. a particular area or locality; region
5. 1. the part of space occupied by a person or thing
   2. situation or state if I were in his place
6. a city, town, or village
7. a residence; dwelling; house and grounds
8. a building or space devoted to a special purpose a place of amusement
9. a particular spot on or part of the body or a surface a sore place on the leg
10. a particular passage or page in a book, magazine, etc., esp. the point where one has temporarily stopped reading to mark one's place
11. position or standing, esp. one of importance, accorded to one one's place in history
12. a step or point in a sequence in the first place
13. the customary, proper, or natural position, time, or character
14. a space used, reserved, or customarily occupied by a person, as a seat in a theater, at a table, etc.
15. an office; employment; position
16. official position
17. the duties of any position
18. the duty, or business (of a person)
19. in racing, the first, second, or third position at the finish, specif. the second position
20. Arith. the position of a digit in a number (Ex.: in 12.3 the one is in the ten's place, the two in the unit's place, and the three in the tenth's place)

Etymology: OFr < L platea, a broad street (in LL, an open space) < Gr plateia, a street < platys, broad: see platy-

transitive verb placed, placing plac′·ing

1. 1. to put in a particular place, condition, or relation
   2. to put in an assigned or proper place, as in a sequence or series
   3. ☆ to identify by associating with the correct place or circumstances to place somebody's face
2. to find employment or a position for; appoint to an office
3. to arrange for a desired handling, treatment, or allocation of to place a shipment, to place a child for adoption
4. to assign (a value)
5. to make or give as an estimate
6. to offer (a proposal, problem, etc.) to be considered
7. to repose (confidence, trust, hope, etc.) in a person or thing
8. to adjust (the voice) to head or chest register
9. to finish in (a specified position) in a competition to place last

Etymology: Fr placer

intransitive verb