Place vs. Position
Placenoun
(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
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An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
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A group of houses.
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An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
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Any area of the earth: a region.
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The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
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The area where one lives: one's home, formerly country estates and farms.
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An area of the skin.
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An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
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An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.
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A location or position in space.
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A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
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A passage or extract from a book or document.
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A topic.
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A frame of mind.
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A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
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(social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
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A role or purpose; a station.
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The position of a contestant in a competition.
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(horse-racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
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The position as a member of a sports team.
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A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
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Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
Placenoun
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
Placenoun
Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
Placeverb
(transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
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(intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
Placeverb
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
Placeverb
(transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
Placeverb
To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
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(transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
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(transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
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(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
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To place-kick (a goal).
Placenoun
Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
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A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
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A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
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Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
Placenoun
Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
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A definite position or passage of a document.
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Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
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Reception; effect; - implying the making room for.
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Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; - usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
Placenoun
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 third.
Placeverb
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.
Placeverb
To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
Placeverb
To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
Placeverb
To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
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To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
Placeverb
To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.
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To place-kick ( a goal).
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to recognize or identify (a person).
Placenoun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region;
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any area set aside for a particular purpose;
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an abstract mental location;
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a general vicinity;
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the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
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a particular situation;
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where you live at a particular time;
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a job in an organization;
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the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
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proper or designated social situation;
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a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
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the passage that is being read;
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proper or appropriate position or location;
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a public square with room for pedestrians;
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an item on a list or in a sequence;
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a blank area;
Placeverb
put into a certain place or abstract location;
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place somebody in a particular situation or location;
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assign a rank or rating to;
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assign a location to;
Placeverb
to arrange for;
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take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal;
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intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
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recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
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assign to (a job or a home)
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locate;
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estimate;
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identify the location or place of;
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make an investment;
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assign to a station
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finish second or better in a horse or dog race;
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sing a note with the correct pitch
Placenoun
a particular position, point, or area in space; a location
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a particular area on a larger surface
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a building or area used for a specified purpose or activity
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a person's home
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a point in a book or other text reached by a reader at a particular time
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a portion of space designated or available for or being used by someone
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a vacancy or available position
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the regular or proper position of something
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a person's rank or status
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a right or privilege resulting from someone's role or position
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the role played by or importance attached to someone or something in a particular context
Placenoun
a position in a sequence or series, typically one ordered on the basis of merit
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any of the first three or sometimes four positions in a race (used especially of the second, third, or fourth positions).
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the second position, especially in a horse race.
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the degree of priority given to something
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the position of a figure in a series indicated in decimal or similar notation, especially one after the decimal point
Placenoun
a square or short street
Placenoun
a country house with its grounds.
Placeverb
put in a particular position
Placeverb
cause to be in a particular situation
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allocate or assign (an abstract quality) to something
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have a specified degree of advantage or convenience as a result of one's position or circumstances
Placeverb
find a home or employment for
Placeverb
dispose of (something, especially shares) by selling to a customer
Placeverb
arrange for the recognition and implementation of (an order, bet, etc.)
Placeverb
order or obtain a connection for (a telephone call) through an operator
Placeverb
identify or classify as being of a specified type or as holding a specified position in a sequence or hierarchy
Placeverb
be able to remember or identify (someone or something)
Placeverb
achieve a specified position in a race
Placeverb
be among the first three or four in a race (or the first three in the US)
Placeverb
score (a goal) by a place kick.
Positionnoun
A place or location.
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A post of employment; a job.
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A status or rank.
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An opinion, stand, or stance.
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A posture.
Positionnoun
(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Positionnoun
(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
Positionnoun
(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.Position (finance)
Positionnoun
(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
Positionnoun
(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
Positionverb
To put into place.
Positionnoun
The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.
Positionnoun
The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
Positionnoun
Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position.
Positionnoun
Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
Positionnoun
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; - called also the rule of trial and error.
Positionverb
To indicate the position of; to place.
Positionnoun
the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
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a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
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a way of regarding situations or topics etc.;
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position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;
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the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society;
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a job in an organization;
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the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated;
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the appropriate or customary location;
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(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
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the act of putting something in a certain place or location
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a condition or position in which you find yourself;
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an item on a list or in a sequence;
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a rationalized mental attitude
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an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;
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the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
Positionnoun
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Positionverb
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Positionverb
put into a certain place or abstract location;
