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Look up: Place


  1. place
    [n] - proper or appropriate position or location 2. [n] - proper or designated social situation 3. [n] - a particular situation 4. [n] - a general vicinity 5. [n] - any area set aside for a particular purpose 6. [n] - an item on a list or in a sequence 7. [n] - the pas...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=place

  2. Place
    Place noun [ French, from Latin platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Greek platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s , flat, broad; akin to Sanskrit prthu , Lithuanian platus . Confer Flawn ,
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/97

  3. Place
    Place transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Placed ; present participle & verbal noun Placing .] [ Confer French placer . See Place , noun ] ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/97

  4. Place
    Place noun (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or t...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/97

  5. Place
    Place transitive verb 1. (Racing) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially. 2. (Rugby Football) To place-kick ( a goal).
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/97

  6. place
    1. To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis. 'Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.' (Shak) ... 2. To put or set in a pa...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?place

  7. place
    noun 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`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place

  8. place
    noun the passage that is being read; `he lost his place on the page`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place

  9. place
    station noun proper or designated social situation; `he overstepped his place`; `the responsibilities of a man in his station`; `married above her station`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place

  10. place
    noun any area set aside for a particular purpose; `who owns this place?`; `the president was concerned about the property across from the White House`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place

  11. place
    noun a particular situation; `If you were in my place what would you do?`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place

  12. place
    come out verb take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; `Jerry came in third in the Marathon`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place



  1. place
    site verb assign a location to; `The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=place

  2. Place
    • (v. t.) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially. • (v. t.) To place-kick ( a goal). • (n.) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a be...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/place/

  3. place
    (from the article `Native American religions`) In the Native American experience, place is important, and religious practices are often localized. The importance of place is revealed in the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/74

  4. Place
    The marketing of new securities, usually through sales to institutional investors. See: Float.
    Found op http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfglosp.htm

  5. Place
    [United States Census Bureau] The United States Census Bureau defines the term place as a concentration of population. The types of places defined by the Census Bureau are incorporated place, such as a city, town or village, and census designated place (CDP), which resembles a city, town or ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_(United_States_Census_Bureau)

  6. Place
    [mathematics] This category contains articles about albums by Mark Heard. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_(mathematics)

  7. PLACE
    Programming Language for Automatic Checkout Equipment. ['The Compiler for the Programming Language for Automatic Checkout Equipment (PLACE)', AFAPL TR-68-27, Battelle Inst, Columbus, May 1968].
    Found op http://foldoc.org/PLACE

  8. Place
    A term used in geography that describes the factors that make the location of natural and human-made phenomena unique.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/p.html

  9. Place
    In the channels of distribution, the physical facilities point of location.
    Found op http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s34/pubs/glossary.htm

  10. Place
    For a horse race, you can bet on a win or a place. In large fields, the place may be 2nd, 3rd or 4th, in smaller fields, 2nd or 3rd. The odds are shorter for a place bet than a win bet.
    Found op http://www.tophorseracinglinks.com/html/glossary.htm

  11. Place
    Finish in the top two, top three, top four and sometimes also top five in a competition or event. A Place bet will win if the selection you bet on is among those placed. Usually, a horse runs a place if it finishes in the first three in fields of eight or more horses. If there are only six or seven ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21627

  12. Placé
    Placé is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placé

  13. Plače
    Plače is a small settlement in the Vipava Valley in the Ajdovščina Municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Together with the neighbouring villages of Male Žablje and Vipavski Križ it forms the Vipavski Križ Local community. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plače

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