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place - any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House" |
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property |
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geographic area,
geographic region,
geographical area,
geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth
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boatyard a place where boats are built or maintained or stored
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sanctuary a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
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centre,
center a low-lying region in central France
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colony a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
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hatchery a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery"
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place - an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" |
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item,
point a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"
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postposition (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached)
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preposition a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
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place - an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" |
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cognition,
knowledge,
noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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stratum,
layer,
level one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
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place - a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?" |
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shoes |
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situation,
position a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
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place - proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" |
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station |
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social rank,
social station,
social status,
rank position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
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niche (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
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place - proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" |
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status,
condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
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place - the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" |
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passage the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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place - a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" |
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locality,
neck of the woods,
vicinity,
neighbourhood,
neighborhood a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
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place - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" |
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localize,
localise |
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situate,
locate put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
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place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" |
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delegate,
depute,
designate,
assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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place - assign to (a job or a home) |
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delegate,
depute,
designate,
assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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place - take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" |
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rank take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
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place - finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place" |
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race,
run compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
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place - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." |
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put,
set |
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approximate,
estimate,
guess,
judge,
gauge be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
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place - to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet" |
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order place in a certain order; "order the photos chronologically"
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place - sing a note with the correct pitch |
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sing to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
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