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Word: place (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A frame of mind.
  • A group of houses.
  • A location or position.
  • An open space, courtyard, market square.
  • A region of a land.
  • A role or purpose; a station.
  • informal A house or home.
  • Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  • Somewhere for a person to sit.
  • The position as a member of a sports team.
  • The position of a contestant in a competition.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To earn a given spot in a competition.
  • in the passive To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
  • transitive To arrange for or to make (a bet).
  • transitive To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
  • transitive To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
  • transitive To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
  • transitive To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »