Meaning : A point located with respect to surface features of some region.

Example : This is a nice place for a picnic.
A bright spot on a planet.

Synonyms : spot, topographic point

Meaning : Any area set aside for a particular purpose.

Example : Who owns this place?.
The president was concerned about the property across from the White House.

Synonyms : property

Meaning : An abstract mental location.

Example : He has a special place in my thoughts.
A place in my heart.
A political system with no place for the less prominent groups.

Meaning : A general vicinity.

Example : He comes from a place near Chicago.

Meaning : The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.

Example : Can you go in my stead?.
Took his place.
In lieu of.

Synonyms : lieu, position, stead

Meaning : A particular situation.

Example : If you were in my place what would you do?.

Synonyms : shoes

Meaning : Where you live at a particular time.

Example : Deliver the package to my home.
He doesn't have a home to go to.
Your place or mine?.

Synonyms : home

Meaning : A job in an organization.

Example : He occupied a post in the treasury.

Synonyms : berth, billet, office, position, post, situation, spot

Meaning : The particular portion of space occupied by something.

Example : He put the lamp back in its place.

Synonyms : position

Meaning : Proper or designated social situation.

Example : He overstepped his place.
The responsibilities of a man in his station.
Married above her station.

Synonyms : station

Meaning : A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).

Example : He booked their seats in advance.
He sat in someone else's place.

Synonyms : seat

Meaning : The passage that is being read.

Example : He lost his place on the page.

Meaning : Proper or appropriate position or location.

Example : A woman's place is no longer in the kitchen.

Meaning : A public square with room for pedestrians.

Example : They met at Elm Plaza.
Grosvenor Place.

Synonyms : piazza, plaza

Meaning : An item on a list or in a sequence.

Example : In the second place.
Moved from third to fifth position.

Synonyms : position

Meaning : A blank area.

Example : Write your name in the space provided.

Synonyms : blank space, space

Meaning : Put into a certain place or abstract location.

Example : Put your things here.
Set the tray down.
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children.
Place emphasis on a certain point.

Synonyms : lay, pose, position, put, set

Meaning : Place somebody in a particular situation or location.

Example : He was placed on probation.

Meaning : Assign a rank or rating to.

Example : How would you rank these students?.
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide.

Synonyms : grade, order, range, rank, rate

Meaning : Assign a location to.

Example : The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles.

Synonyms : locate, site

Meaning : To arrange for.

Example : Place a phone call.
Place a bet.

Meaning : Take a place in a competition. Often followed by an ordinal.

Example : Jerry came in third in the Marathon.

Synonyms : come in, come out

Meaning : Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.

Example : He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face.
Criticism directed at her superior.
Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.

Synonyms : aim, direct, point, target

Meaning : Recognize as being. Establish the identity of someone or something.

Example : She identified the man on the `wanted' poster.

Synonyms : identify

Meaning : Assign to (a job or a home).

Meaning : Locate.

Example : The film is set in Africa.

Synonyms : localise, localize, set

Meaning : Estimate.

Example : We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M..

Synonyms : put, set

Meaning : Identify the location or place of.

Example : We localized the source of the infection.

Synonyms : localise, localize

Meaning : Make an investment.

Example : Put money into bonds.

Synonyms : commit, invest, put

Meaning : Assign to a station.

Synonyms : post, send, station

Meaning : Finish second or better in a horse or dog race.

Example : He bet $2 on number six to place.

Meaning : Sing a note with the correct pitch.