Definition of pleace

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1. place [ v ] put into a certain place or abstract location
Examples: "Put your things here" "Set the tray down" "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Synonyms put place set lay deposit position situate posit pose fix Related Terms put move install settle arrange lay park seat insert plant replace misplace throw set_down lean sow superimpose bury space deposit stick stand recess clap position cock throw juxtapose glycerolize marshal misplace butt ensconce rest poise docket set_down pillow ground plant stratify nestle bottle emplace barrel bucket recline middle sign repose intersperse parallelize postpose pile reposition superpose tee prepose load perch cram trench coffin rack_up upend pigeonhole ladle underlay appose bed siphon set emplace ship step jar shelve imbricate raise assemble arrange postpone lay put_on communicate replace range land post drop imprison ensnare rig set_back disembark topographic_point position space set setting

2. place [ v ] put into a certain place or abstract location
Examples: "Put your things here" "Set the tray down" "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Used in print:

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

`` Failure to do this will continue to place a disproportionate burden '' on Fulton taxpayers .

Five per_cent of the voters in each county must sign petitions requesting that the Republicans be allowed to place names of candidates on the general_election ballot , or The Republicans must hold a primary under the county unit system - a system which the party opposes in its platform .

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Heels place emphasis on the long_legged silhouette .

The speed is controlled by pressing on the two brake buttons located where the index_finger and thumb are placed when holding the motor .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

You will need a stereo music system , with speakers preferably placed at_least seven or eight feet apart , and one or more of the new London `` Phase 4 '' records .

Synonyms put place set lay position pose Related Terms move situate install settle arrange park lay seat plant replace misplace throw lean set_down sow superimpose space cock recess stand clap position stick throw juxtapose marshal set_down ground butt pillow docket ensconce poise rest misplace glycerolize stow pitch middle sign prepose postpose parallelize reposition barrel pile tee superpose bucket bottle coffin rack_up perch load bed cram trench appose jar shelve upend set ladle pigeonhole siphon repose intersperse raise assemble assemble arrange postpone postpone lay put_on communicate replace range range land post drop imprison ensnare rig set_back disembark set_back

3. place [ n ] a point located with respect to surface features of some region
Examples: "this is a nice place for a picnic"

Used in print:

(The Providence Journal...)

The sets are remarkably elaborate for a road-show that does n't pause long in any one place , and they are devised so_that they shift with a minimum of interruption or obtrusiveness .

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

The historical sign tells its story , but nothing gets interest across as well as some of the original historical items or places themselves which still have the character of the period covered .

An old shipwreck , a high dam , an old covered bridge , a place to find agates or other semi-precious stones or a place to pan gold , etcetera may be of interest .

An old shipwreck , a high dam , an old covered bridge , a place to find agates or other semi-precious stones or a place to pan gold , etcetera may be of interest .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

Life is further characterized , in antithesis to Piepsam , as animal : the image of a dog , which appears at several places , is first given as the criterion of amiable , irrelevant interest aroused by life considered simply as a spectacle : a dog in a wagon is `` admirable '' , `` a pleasure to contemplate '' ; another wagon has no dog , and therefore is `` devoid_of interest '' .

Synonyms place spot topographic_point Related Terms point crown peak tomb hiding_place target high junction stop confluence nesting_place end birthplace rendezvous service_area solitude showplace scour pool mecca holy_place parhelion hole-in-the-wall facula sunspot facula overlook polling_place set

4. place [ n ] any area set aside for a particular purpose
Examples: "who owns this place?" "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"

Used in print:

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

They want to own a junior-grade castle , or a manor_house , or some modest little place where Shakespeare might once have staged a pageant for Great_Elizabeth and all her bearded courtiers .

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

Today , refrigerated carriers have made the shipping of avocados possible to any place in the world .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

First_of_all there was the parsonage , an utterly impossible place for civilized people to live_in , originally poorly conceived , apparently not repaired for years , with no plumbing or sewage , with rat-holes and rot .

And yet Wilson knew that this place must go or he must go .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

A river , wide as the Missouri , where it ran_by his place .

Synonyms place property Related Terms geographical_area center sanctuary hatchery locate

5. place [ n ] an abstract mental location
Examples: "he has a special place in my thoughts" "a place in my heart" "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"

Used in print:

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

In the second place , a large_number of writers , making a more direct claim than Frost to being `` folk_writers '' of one sort or another , clearly make no distinctions between genuine and bogus material .

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The place of religion in the simple , preliterate societies is quite definite ; as a complex it fits into the whole social_organization and functions dominantly in every part of_it .

In societies like ours , however , its place is less clear and more complex .

Related_to this is the fact that most_of the higher religions define for the individual his place in the universe and give him a feeling that he is relatively secure in an ordered , dependable universe .

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

In the absence of a reservoir of political consensus each organized political group hopes that the elections will give them new prominence , but in a system where there is as_yet no place for the less prominent .

Synonyms place Related Terms cognition

6. place [ n ] a general vicinity
Examples: "He comes from a place near Chicago"

Used in print:

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Rep._James_Cotten of Weatherford insisted that a water_development bill passed by the Texas House_of_Representatives was an effort by big cities like Dallas and Fort_Worth to cover_up places like Paradise , a Wise_County hamlet of 250 people .

Statements by other legislators that Dallas is paying for all its water_program by local bonds , and that less populous places would benefit most by the pending bill , did not sway Cotten 's attack .

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

In most places , there are two generations a year , a second brood of adults appearing late in the summer .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

That 'll put the place back to normal .

Clean the place up .

Synonyms place Related Terms vicinity

7. place [ v ] place somebody in a particular situation or location
Examples: : "he was placed on probation"

Used in print:

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

In_any_event , it is an irreversible step , and if we are at_all honest with ourselves , we will know we have no other alternative than to live in the world in which God has seen_fit to place us .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

The monk Savonarola , brought over from the Renaissance and placed against the background of Munich at the turn_of_the_century , protests against the luxurious works displayed in the art shop of M._Bluthenzweig ; in particular against a Madonna portrayed in a voluptuous style and modeled , according_to gossip , upon the painter 's mistress .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Cattle stealing and killing , again serious during the spring of 1891 , placed the land_grant company officers in a perplexing position .

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

The medieval was the most important to Chambers because he sought to place Thomas_More , the author of Utopia , in some intelligible relation with St._Thomas_More , the martyr .

Synonyms place Related Terms delegate

8. place [ n ] the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another
Examples: : "can you go in my stead?" "took his place" "in lieu of"

Used in print:

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

In their place came local variations within the common style - tentative , as_it_were , in Protogeometric products but truly distinct and sharply defined as the Geometric spirit developed .

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

The actual surface becomes both ground and background , and it turns_out - suddenly and paradoxically - that the only place left for a three-dimensional illusion is in_front of , upon , the surface .

Yet the violent immediacy of the wallpaper strips pasted to the paper , and the only lesser immediacy of block_capitals that simulate window lettering , manage somehow to push the grape cluster back into place on the picture_plane so that it does not `` jump '' .

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

And he took_heart ; the final word came_forth `` place '' .

Now he heard it , fully : `` bout takin his place '' .

Synonyms place stead lieu position Related Terms function behalf

9. place [ v ] assign a rank or rating to
Examples: "how would you rank these students?" "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

Used in print:

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

The modern student , who knows what was to come next , is likely to place first the factors of change which are visible in the eighth century .

Synonyms rate place grade rank order range Related Terms judge downgrade upgrade subordinate reorder sequence shortlist superordinate prioritize seed order rank order gradation grader gradation

10. place [ n ] a particular situation
Examples: : "If you were in my place what would you do?"

Used in print:

("Editorials"...)

Who will take Stalin 's place beside Lenin ?

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Just put yourself in Felix 's place for a moment .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

`` What are my chances for taking Joe 's place '' ? he asked .

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

A bee 's place is in the hive '' .

Synonyms place shoes Related Terms situation

11. place [ n ] where you live at a particular time
Examples: "deliver the package to my home" "he doesn't have a home to go to" "your place or mine?"

Used in print:

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

Juanita drooped about the place , wearing a haunted , brooding look , which Kate attributed to the baby 's death , until the day a letter came for her addressed to `` Miss_Juanita_Fitzroy '' , bearing a Grafton postmark .

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Whenever the place was cleaned or a meal served it was Precious who did the work .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

He flew about the place making these adjustments and it was obvious that what he was doing was the fruit of long experience .

Starting with the room completely blacked_out , as it was when we came_in , he unerringly fixed things so that the whole place was bathed in the maximum of light without at any point admitting even so much as a crack of glare .

Synonyms home place Related Terms residence home_away_from_home

12. place [ n ] a job in an organization
Examples: "he occupied a post in the treasury"

Used in print:

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Place_kicking is largely a matter of timing , Moritz declared .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Russia knows this , and that is why there were over 800000 competing for places as candidates for the Olympic gymnastic team .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

`` Monsieur_Favre indicated that if I would co-operate , after you and William are banished , following the debate , I will be given a place of influence '' .

Synonyms position place post berth spot situation office billet slot Related Terms occupation job legation professorship apprenticeship academicianship bishopry chairmanship chaplaincy attorneyship clerkship comptrollership bailiffship admiralty discipleship chancellorship foremanship chieftaincy headship commandership internship consulship legislatorship controllership cadetship ambassadorship curacy accountantship counselorship messiahship prelacy editorship eldership emirate protectorship generalship governorship headship solicitorship incumbency inspectorship instructorship tribuneship judgship lectureship fatherhood khanate librarianship lieutenancy councillorship caliphate marshalship mastership mayoralty moderatorship curatorship overlordship pastorship custodianship captainship praetorship precentorship deanship premiership presidency primateship principalship priorship proconsulship proctorship preceptorship prefecture receivership regency rulership secretaryship senatorship sinecure directorship speakership stewardship studentship teachership thaneship throne treasurership cardinalship viceroyship viziership wardenship wardership hot_seat apostleship fatherhood managership manhood peasanthood public_office residency sainthood womanhood magistracy station officiate post

13. place [ v ] to arrange for
Examples: "place a phone call", "place a bet"

Used in print:

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

Makes necessary purchases , places contracts , supervises construction , installation , finishing and placement of furniture , fixtures and other correlated furnishings , and follows_through to completion of project `` .

Synonyms place Related Terms order

14. place [ v ] assign a location to
Examples: "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

Used in print:

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Legislators who last year opposed placing aged-care under the social_security system criticized the President 's plan .

(Kenneth Scott Latourette, Christianity in a Revolutiona...)

Here , too , must be placed Unitarianism and , less obviously from Christian inspiration , Emerson , Transcendentalism , and the idealism of Walt_Whitman .

(Lt. Col. D.F. Martin, "Will Aircraft or Missiles Win Wa...)

Placing missiles in submarines , on barges , railroads , highways , surface vessels and in_the_air provides them with passive protection by taking_advantage of the gravest weakness of long-range ballistic_missiles today - the extreme difficulty of destroying a mobile or moving target with such weapons .

(Rhode Island Legislative Council. Research Report...)

The objective behind this action was to place in one agency the responsibility for the management , assignment , and replacement of all vehicles .

Synonyms place locate site Related Terms station location site placement location

15. place [ v ] take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
Examples: "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"

Used in print:

(The Oregonian, [Portland],...)

Finalists from the county 's east end failed to place .

(Dog World, 46:4...)

Last year Susan also placed 3 rd in the Finals at Westminster .

From the records we keep - Susan is the only Junior who has placed in the Junior_Classes in both United_States and Canada .

Synonyms place come_out come_in Related Terms rank

16. place [ n ] the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object
Examples: : "he put the lamp back in its place"

Used in print:

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

These my grandmother left in their places ( they are still there , more persistent and longer-lived than the generations of man ) and planted others like them , that flourished without careful tending .

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

The first one or two roof boards ( marked `` E '' in fig. 6 ) are slipped into place across the roof beams , from outside the shelter .

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

Then at_least he would have a place to hang his tools and something to work on .

Synonyms position place Related Terms point site right left front back post polls stand landmark site pitch setting lead station pride_of_place pole_position lie juxtaposition vantage half-mast anomaly situate left right

17. place [ n ] proper or designated social situation
Examples: : "he overstepped his place" "the responsibilities of a man in his station" "married above her station"

Used in print:

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

And knowing its humble place in the scale of things , why did he , at this time_of_life , seem almost ready to sell his soul for plumpness ?

Synonyms place station Related Terms social_station niche

18. place [ v ] recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
Examples: "She identified the man on the "wanted" poster"

Used in print:

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

Those familiar_with his work will remember that he placed the incipience of the democratic faith at around 1850 .

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

It seemed to him that if the Ferraros felt sure of them , could place them , it would help him to feel more sure of himself with Carla .

Synonyms identify place Related Terms determine distinguish identity identification

19. place [ n ] the passage that is being read
Examples: "he lost his place on the page"

Used in print:

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

Search as he might , he could find no place where the Bible spoke of a moment when Mary could have been alone with Jesus .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

There was only one place where Jake_Carwood 's description had gone badly awry : the peace and quiet .

Synonyms place Related Terms passage

20. place [ v ] intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Examples: "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face" "criticism directed at her superior" "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

Used in print:

(San Francisco Chronicle...)

Most_of the emphasis has been placed on a `` wild party '' at a seaside villa .

Never given to mincing words , he places heavy blame upon the faulty , uncourageous leadership of Britain and particularly America .

Synonyms direct aim place point target Related Terms aim address range_in topographic_point prey

21. place [ n ] a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
Examples: "he booked their seats in advance" "he sat in someone else's place"

Used in print:

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

An electric_toothbrush ( Broxodent ) may soon take its place next to the electric_razor in the American bathroom .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Even before the benches had dried , the Civil_War veterans were straggling back to their places .

Synonyms seat place Related Terms space perch airplane dramaturgy seat seat seat

22. place [ n ] proper or appropriate position or location
Examples: "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"

Used in print:

(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

After the recommendation of the Department is forwarded to the appeal_board , that is the appropriate place for a registrant to lodge his denial .

Synonyms place Related Terms condition

23. place [ n ] a blank area
Examples: "write your name in the space provided"

Used in print:

(Your Federal Income Tax. 1962 Edition (Revised to...)

If you file a Form_1040 , you should indicate in the place provided that there is an overpayment of tax and the amount you want refunded and the amount you want credited against your estimated tax .

Synonyms space place blank_space Related Terms area margin indentation form

24. place [ v ] estimate
Examples: : "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

Used in print:

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

Within about an hour with the help of reports from seismic stations in Alaska , Arizona and California , the quake 's epicenter was placed at 51 degrees North latitude and 158 degrees East longitude .

Synonyms put place set Related Terms estimate

25. place [ n ] a public square with room for pedestrians
Examples: "they met at Elm Plaza" "Grosvenor Place"

Used in print:

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

For it is such a distinguished place , with such fine works_of_art and such a big library , that there can be little doubt but that the owner has become depraved by all this culture .

Synonyms place piazza plaza Related Terms public_square

26. place [ v ] locate
Examples: "The film is set in Africa"

Used in print:

(Selma Jeanne Cohen, "Avant-Garde Choreography"...)

If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars , this is consistent_with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world , a world in_which they are freed of their pedestrian identities .

Synonyms set place localise localize Related Terms stage topographic_point venue set

27. place [ n ] an item on a list or in a sequence
Examples: "in the second place" "moved from third to fifth position"

Used in print:

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

In the first place , it 's static ; in the second place , it does n't look authentic ; and in the third place , it would cost a fortune to reproduce in_the_first_place - you 've got six colors there including gold '' .

Synonyms place position Related Terms item preposition postposition

28. place [ n ] an abstract mental location
Examples: "he has a special place in my thoughts" "a place in my heart" "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"

Used in print:

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Richard_M._Forbes 's Paget , which had what seemed to be a substantial lead in the early stages , tired rapidly nearing the wire and was able to save place money only a head in_front of Glen_T._Hallowell 's Milties_Miss .

Synonyms place Related Terms cognition finish layer

29. place [ v ] assign to (a job or a home)

Used in print:

(James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)

One vocational instructor in a city vocational_school , speaking of his course in a certain field , said he had no difficulty placing all students in jobs outside of the city .

Synonyms place Related Terms delegate displace position

30. Place [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4438

Synonyms Place

31. place [ v ] finish second or better in a horse or dog race
Examples: "he bet $2 on number six to place"

Synonyms place Related Terms race

32. place [ v ] identify the location or place of
Examples: "We localized the source of the infection"

Synonyms localize localise place Related Terms situate placement localization

33. place [ v ] make an investment
Examples: "Put money into bonds"

Synonyms put invest commit place Related Terms divest spend fund speculate tie_up roll_over shelter buy_into investing investor commitment

34. place [ v ] assign to a station

Synonyms send station post place base Related Terms move locate garrison fort position post station

35. place [ v ] sing a note with the correct pitch

Synonyms place Related Terms sing

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