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Common
noun
•
An
area
; somewhere within an
area
.
An
open space
,
particularly
a
city
square
,
market square
, or
courtyard
.
A
street
, sometimes but not always
surrounding
a
public place
,
square
, or
plaza
of the same
name
.
An
inhabited
area
: a
village
,
town
, or
city
.
Any
area
of the
earth
: a
region
.
The
area
one
occupies
,
particularly
somewhere to
sit
.
The
area
where one
lives
:
one's
home
, formerly (chiefly)
country
estates
and
farms
.
An
area
of the
skin
.
An
area
to
fight
: a
battlefield
or the
contested
ground
in a
battle
.
•
An
area
; somewhere within an
area
.
An
area
to
urinate
and
defecate
: an
outhouse
or
lavatory
.
•
A
location
or
position
in
space
.
•
A
particular
location
in a
book
or
document
,
particularly
the
current
location
of a
reader
.
•
A
passage
or
extract
from a
book
or
document
.
•
In Rhetoric:
A
topic
.
•
A
frame of mind
.
•
In Chess:
A
chess
position
; a
square
of the
chessboard
.
•
A
responsibility
or
position
in an
organization
.
A role or
purpose
; a
station
.
The
position
of a
contestant
in a
competition
.
The
position
of first,
second
, or
third
at the
finish
,
especially
the
second
position
.
The
position
as a
member
of a
sports
team
.
•
A
fortified
position
: a
fortress
,
citadel
, or
walled
town
.
•
Numerically
, the
column
counting
a certain
quantity
.
•
Ordinal
relation
;
position
in the order of
proceeding
.
•
Reception
;
effect
;
implying
the making
room
for.
verb
•
To
put
(an
object
or person) in a
specific
location
.
•
To
earn
a
given
spot
in a
competition
.
•
To
finish
second
,
especially
of
horses
or
dogs
.
•
To
remember
where and when (an
object
or person) has been
previously
encountered
.
•
To
achieve
(a certain
position
, often
followed by
an
ordinal
)
as in
a
horse race
.
•
To
sing
(a
note
) with the
correct
pitch
.
•
To
arrange
for or to make (a
bet
).
•
To
recruit
or
match
an
appropriate
person for a
job
.
•
In Sports:
To
place-kick
(a
goal
).
name
•
A
surname
.
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English
place
Middle English (1100-1500)
plæse
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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