place

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in the town of Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platēa (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”). Displaced native Old English stōw, stede (partially), and -ern. Compare also English pleck (“plot of ground”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot, location”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and plaza. In the etymological chain from Latin platēa, note Old French place, which has multiple descendants — including German Platz, itself with many descendants (e.g., Russian плац (plac)). Also note a more distant chain node Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), whence English Plato and English plate (via Latin).

1. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “Ay, sir, the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place”

2. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “They live at Westminster Place.”

3. An area; somewhere within an area.
4. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “He is going back to his native place on vacation.”

   “From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.”

5. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.”

6. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “My Lady Dedlock has been down at what she calls, in familiar conversation, her "place" in Lincolnshire.”

   “Do you want to come over to my place later?”

7. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “Which place hurts the most?”

8. An area; somewhere within an area.

   “Place,... (2) a jakes, or house of ease.”

   “‘I guess I'll take this opportunity to go to the place’... ‘She means the little girls room.’”

9. An area; somewhere within an area.
10. A location or position in space.

    “In that same place thou hast appointed me, To-morrow truly will I meete with thee.”

    “What place can be for us / Within heaven's bound?”

11. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader

    “I lost my place when you interrupted me.”

12. A passage or extract from a book or document.
13. A topic.
14. A state of mind.

    “I'm in a strange place at the moment.”

15. A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
16. A responsibility or position in an organization.

    “It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.”

    “I know my place as I would they should do theirs.”

17. A responsibility or position in an organization.

    “We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.”

18. A responsibility or position in an organization.

    “to win a bet on a horse for place”

19. A responsibility or position in an organization.

    “He lost his place in the national team.”

20. A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
21. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

    “three decimal places;  the hundreds place”

22. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.

    “That's what I said in the first place!”

    “a. 1788, Mather Byles, quoted in The Life of James Otis by William Tudor In the first place, I do not understand politics; in the second place, you all do, every man and mother's son of you; in the third place, you have politics all the week, pray let one day in the seven be devoted to religion […]”

23. Reception; effect, implying the making room for.

    “My word hath no place in you.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English placen, from the noun (see above).

1. To put (someone or something) in a specific location.

   “He placed the glass on the table.”

   “to place someone on a pedestal”

2. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

   “The Cowboys placed third in the league.”

   “Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.”

3. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

   “In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.”

4. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

   “I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.”

5. To vouch for someone's alibi.

   “The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.”

6. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
7. To make.

   “We were all focused intently on the triangular conference call speaker in the middle of the table. President Trump's communications team was placing a call to President Volodymyr Zelenksy of Ukraine, and we were here to listen.”

   “to place a call”

8. To bet.

   “I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.”

9. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.

   “They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.”

   “Designated as the core of the southern forces were: the 5th Division, which was recalled from northern French Indochina to Shanghai, placed under the direct control of Imperial Headquarters, and, on October 12, ordered to “train primarily for landing operations” (Imperial Headquarters Army Order 467); the Imperial Guard Division, which was ordered on October 22 to assemble at Shant’ou (Swatow); the 48th Division, reorganized on October 22 from the Taiwan Mixed Brigade and ordered to advance to Hainan island; and the 18th Division at Canton.”

10. To place-kick (a goal).
11. To assign (more or less value) to something.

    “My workplace places a high premium on team spirit.”

    “She places little value on religion.”