place

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. Source: opted

5. n. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). Source: opted

6. n. A definite position or passage of a document. Source: opted

7. n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. Source: opted

8. n. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. Source: opted

9. n. Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Source: opted

10. n. 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. Source: opted

11. n. 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. Source: opted

12. n. To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank. Source: opted

13. n. To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. Source: opted

14. n. To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. Source: opted

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