place

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. lieu, spot, point; niche, nook, hole; premises, precinct, station; locality; somewhere, someplace, anyplace; situation. —v. t. locate, identify; arrange; put, repose; employ, engage. See abode, location, business, circumstance, arrangement.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Position]

Syn. station, point, spot; see position 1 .

2. [Space]

Syn. room, compass, stead, void, distance, area, seat, volume, berth, reservation, accommodation; see also extent .

3. [Locality]

Syn. spot, locus, site, community, district, suburb, country, section, habitat, home, residence, abode, house, quarters; see also area 2 , neighborhood , region 1 .

4. [Rank]

Syn. status, position, station; see rank 3 .

5. [An office]

Syn. position, situation, occupation; see job 1 , profession 1 , trade 2 .

6. [A courtlike space]

Syn. square, park, plaza; see court 1 , yard 1 .

• give place (to),

Syn. make room for, move over for, surrender to; see yield 3 .

• go places*,

Syn. attain success, achieve, advance; see succeed 1 .

• in place,

Syn. in order, arranged, fitting, timely, appropriate; see also fit 1 , 2 .

• in place of,

Syn. as a substitute for, instead, taking the place of; see instead of .

• know one's place,

Syn. adapt, accept one's station, remain acquiescent, remain in one's position; see conform .

• out of place

7. [Lost]

Syn. mislaid, displaced, gone; see lost 1 .

8. [Improper]

Syn. inappropriate, unsuitable, not fitting; see improper 1 .

• put someone in his place,

Syn. humiliate, reprimand, derogate; see humble .

• take place,

Syn. occur, come into being, be; see happen 2 .

• take the place of,

Syn. replace, act in one's stead, serve as proxy for; see substitute 2 .

v.

1. [To put in a place]

Syn. locate, dispose, allot, allocate, settle, assign, deposit, distribute, put, plant, lodge, quarter, store, stow, set, situate, fix in, put in place, consign to a place, lay; see also install .

Ant. remove*, displace, dislodge.

2. [To put in order]

Syn. fix, arrange, group; see order 3 .

3. [*To be among the winners]

Syn. conquer, overwhelm, gain victory; see defeat 1 , win 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. location locale, locality, spot, site, point, whereabouts, space, position, *corner of the world, station.

2. region territory, zone, district, neighborhood, area, city, town, village.

3. residence house, dwelling, abode, *pad, home, domicile, apartment, room, habitation.

4. position standing, rank, pecking order, station, grade, footing.

5. role function, job, responsibility, affair, duty.

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v.

1. put locate, position, situate, lay, plant, fix, set, install, stand.

2. identify recognize, remember, recall, *put one's finger on.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A particular portion of space chosen for something: location, locus, point, spot. See PLACE. 2. A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), residence. Chiefly British: dig (used in plural). See PROTECTION. 3. A particular geographic area: locale, locality, location. See PLACE. 4. The function or position customarily occupied by another: stead. Archaic: lieu. See PLACE, SUBSTITUTE. 5. The proper or designated location: niche. See PLACE. 6. A post of employment: appointment, berth, billet, job, office, position, situation, slot, spot. Slang: gig. See PLACE. 7. Positioning of one individual visa-vis others: footing, position, rank1, situation, standing, station, status. See PLACE. II verb 1. To deposit in a specified place: lay1, put, set1, stick. See PLACE, RISE. 2. To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, position, set1, site, situate, spot. See PLACE. 3. To assign to a class or classes: categorize, class, classify, distribute, grade, group, pigeonhole, range, rank1, rate1. See GROUP, VALUE. 4. To calculate approximately: approximate, estimate, put, reckon, set1. See PRECISE. 5. To establish the identification of: identify, pinpoint, recognize. Slang: finger. Idiom: put one's finger on. See KNOWLEDGE. 6. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to: affix, assign, blame, fasten, fix, impute, pin on. See GIVE. 7. To complete a race or competition in a specified position: come in, finish, run. See BE.