The Meaning of place

• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (n.) Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
• (n.) Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
• (n.) A definite position or passage of a document.
• (n.) Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
• (n.) Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
• (n.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
• (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.
• (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.
• (n.) To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
• (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
• (n.) To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

Synonyms

topographic point , spot , property , stead , position , lieu , shoes , home , position , post , berth , office , spot , billet , situation , position , station , seat , plaza , piazza , position , space , blank space , put , set , pose , position , lay , rate , rank , range , order , grade , locate , site , come in , come out , target , aim , direct , point , identify , set , localize , localise , put , set , localize , localise , invest , put , commit , station , post , send

Antonyms

divest

Rhymes

ace , aerospace , airspace , anyplace , apace , arianespace , base , bass , birthplace , boldface , bookcase , brace , briefcase , caisse , case , cayce , chace , chase , commonplace , crace , cyberspace , dace , database , debase , deface , degrace , diabase , diastase , disgrace , displace , efface , embrace , encase , erase , everyplace , face , fireplace , footrace , frace , glace , grace , heyse , incase , interface , interlace , lace , lactase , lambastes , left-brace , lovelace , mace , mais , marketplace , misplace , nace , orthoclase , outpace , pace , plagioclase , polymerase , race , replace , retrace , right-brace , scarface , shoelace , showcase , showplace , someplace , space , staircase , steeplechase , streptokinase , suitcase , thrace , trace , typeface , vase , wace , wheelbase , workplace