OZDIC

place

UK /pleɪs/ US /pleɪs/
noun 5verb 5name 2

Definitions

noun

1

An area; somewhere within an area.

Ay, sir, the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place

2

An area; somewhere within an area.

They live at Westminster Place.

3

An area; somewhere within an area.

4

An area; somewhere within an area.

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.

5

An area; somewhere within an area.

We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.

verb

1

To put (someone or something) in a specific location.

He placed the glass on the table.

to place someone on a pedestal

2

To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

The Cowboys placed third in the league.

Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.

3

To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

4

To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.

5

To vouch for someone's alibi.

The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.

name

1

A surname.

2

An unincorporated community in the town of Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.

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