:a portion of space used for habitation, as a city, town, or village: After decades of neglect and decay, those places are making a comeback thanks to urban renewal.
:a building, space, location, etc., set apart or used for a specific purpose: A nightclub is a place of entertainment.You are encouraged to dress modestly in places of worship.
:a part of a building: The kitchen is the sunniest place in the house.
:a residence, dwelling, or house: Please come and have dinner at my place.
:lieu; substitution: Use yogurt in place of sour cream.
:a step or point in order of proceeding: in the first place.
:a fitting or promising opportunity: There's a place in this town for a man of his talents.
:a reasonable ground or occasion: This is no place for such an outburst.
:a mental or emotional state: I’m not in a good place right now.
:Arithmetic. the position of a figure in a series, as in decimal notation.Usually places. the figures of the series.
:Drama. one of the three unities.Compare unity.
:Sports. a position among the leading competitors, usually the first, second, or third at the finish line.the position of the competitor who comes in second in a horse race, harness race, etc.Compare show, win.
:places, Theater. a call summoning performers for the beginning of a performance or an act.
:room or space for entry or passage: to make place for the crowds.
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placed, plac·ing.
:to put in the proper position or order; arrange; dispose: Place the silverware on the table for dinner.
:to put or set in a particular place, position, situation, or relation.
:to put in a suitable place for some purpose: to place an advertisement in the newspaper.
:to put into particular or proper hands: to place some incriminating evidence with the district attorney.
:to give to a supplier: She placed the order for the pizza an hour ago.
:to appoint to a post or office: The president placed him in the Department of Agriculture.
:to find a place, situation, etc., for: The agency had no trouble placing him with a good firm.
:to determine or indicate the place or value of: to place health among the greatest gifts in life.
:to assign a certain position or rank to: The army placed him in the infantry.
:to succeed in attaining a position for in an athletic or other contest: to place players on the all-American team; to place students in the finals of the interscholastic chess tournament.
:to identify by connecting with the proper place, circumstances, etc.: to be unable to place a person; to place a face; to place an accent.
:to employ for singing or speaking with consciousness of the bodily point of emphasis of resonance of each tone or register.
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placed, plac·ing.
:Sports. to finish among the first three competitors in a race.to finish second in a horse race, harness race, etc.
:to earn a specified standing with relation to others, as in an examination, competition, etc.: He placed fifth in a graduation class of 90.