place

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 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
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.
II
v.
1. put locate, position, situate, lay, plant, fix, set, install, stand.
2. identify recognize, remember, recall, *put one's finger on.
IV
(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.

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