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1. all over the place In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place. |
2. in place In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show. |
3. in place In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune. |
4. in place of Instead of. |
5. place in the sun A dominant or favorable position or situation. |
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noun |
1. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space. |
2. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room. |
3. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing. |
4. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship. |
5. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake. |
6. A business establishment or office. |
7. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places. |
8. A public square or street with houses in a town. |
9. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand. |
10. A setting for one person at a table. |
11. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place. |
12. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place. |
13. A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts. |
14. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society. |
15. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place. |
16. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue. |
17. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize. |
18. Social station: He overstepped his place. |
19. A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place. |
20. High rank or status. |
21. A job, post, or position: found a place in the company. |
22. Relative position in a series; standing. |
23. Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace. |
24. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place. |
25. Mathematics A position in a numeral or series. |
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phrasal-verb |
1. place out To qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class. |
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verb-intransitive |
1. To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set. |
2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order. |
3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board. |
4. To find accommodation or employment for. |
5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest. |
6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper. |
7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position. |
8. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet. |
9. To give an order for: place a bet. |
10. To apply or arrange for: place an order. |
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