place

/pleɪs/ nounverb
5 letters1 syllable9 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS30
NOUN
1

A job in an organization.

2

Where you live at a particular time.

“your place or mine?”

3

A public square with room for pedestrians.

4

Proper or designated social situation.

“he overstepped his place”

5

A blank area.

6

Any area set aside for a particular purpose.

“who owns this place?”

7

An item on a list or in a sequence.

“in the second place”

8

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

“took his place”

9

A general vicinity.

“He comes from a place near Chicago”

10

An abstract mental location.

“he has a special place in my thoughts”

“a place in my heart”

11

Proper or appropriate position or location.

“a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen”

12

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

“this is a nice place for a picnic”

13

The passage that is being read.

“he lost his place on the page”

14

The particular portion of space occupied by something.

“he put the lamp back in its place”

15

A particular situation.

“If you were in my place what would you do?”

VERB
1

Identify the location or place of.

2

Locate.

3

Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal.

4

Put into a certain place or abstract location.

5

Make an investment.

6

Assign a location to.

7

Estimate.

8

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.

9

Assign to (a job or a home).

10

Finish second or better in a horse or dog race.

“he bet $2 on number six to place”

11

Place somebody in a particular situation or location.

“he was placed on probation”

12

Sing a note with the correct pitch.

13

To arrange for.

“place a phone call”

“place a bet”

14

Assign a rank or rating to.

15

Assign to a station.

WORD FORMS
Related formplacement
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinaceplay
Starts & ends withP … E
Syllablesplace
SYNONYMS & RELATED41
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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