Place vs. Spot
Placenoun
(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
Placenoun
An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
Placenoun
A group of houses.
Placenoun
An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Placenoun
Any area of the earth: a region.
Placenoun
The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
Placenoun
The area where one lives: one's home, formerly country estates and farms.
Placenoun
An area of the skin.
Placenoun
An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Placenoun
An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.
Placenoun
A location or position in space.
Placenoun
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
Placenoun
A passage or extract from a book or document.
Placenoun
A topic.
Placenoun
A frame of mind.
Placenoun
A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
Placenoun
(social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
Placenoun
A role or purpose; a station.
Placenoun
The position of a contestant in a competition.
Placenoun
(horse-racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
Placenoun
The position as a member of a sports team.
Placenoun
A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
Placenoun
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.
Placeverb
(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.
Placeverb
(transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
Placeverb
(transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
Placeverb
(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
Placeverb
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.
Placenoun
A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
Placenoun
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.
Placenoun
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).
Placenoun
A definite position or passage of a document.
Placenoun
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
Placenoun
Reception; effect; - implying the making room for.
Placenoun
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.
Placeverb
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.
Placeverb
To place-kick ( a goal).
Placeverb
to recognize or identify (a person).
Placenoun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region;
Placenoun
any area set aside for a particular purpose;
Placenoun
an abstract mental location;
Placenoun
a general vicinity;
Placenoun
the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
Placenoun
a particular situation;
Placenoun
where you live at a particular time;
Placenoun
a job in an organization;
Placenoun
the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
Placenoun
proper or designated social situation;
Placenoun
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
Placenoun
the passage that is being read;
Placenoun
proper or appropriate position or location;
Placenoun
a public square with room for pedestrians;
Placenoun
an item on a list or in a sequence;
Placenoun
a blank area;
Placeverb
put into a certain place or abstract location;
Placeverb
place somebody in a particular situation or location;
Placeverb
assign a rank or rating to;
Placeverb
assign a location to;
Placeverb
to arrange for;
Placeverb
take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal;
Placeverb
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
Placeverb
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
Placeverb
assign to (a job or a home)
Placeverb
locate;
Placeverb
estimate;
Placeverb
identify the location or place of;
Placeverb
make an investment;
Placeverb
assign to a station
Placeverb
finish second or better in a horse or dog race;
Placeverb
sing a note with the correct pitch
Placenoun
a particular position, point, or area in space; a location
Placenoun
a particular area on a larger surface
Placenoun
a building or area used for a specified purpose or activity
Placenoun
a person's home
Placenoun
a point in a book or other text reached by a reader at a particular time
Placenoun
a portion of space designated or available for or being used by someone
Placenoun
a vacancy or available position
Placenoun
the regular or proper position of something
Placenoun
a person's rank or status
Placenoun
a right or privilege resulting from someone's role or position
Placenoun
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
Placenoun
any of the first three or sometimes four positions in a race (used especially of the second, third, or fourth positions).
Placenoun
the second position, especially in a horse race.
Placenoun
the degree of priority given to something
Placenoun
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
Placeverb
allocate or assign (an abstract quality) to something
Placeverb
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.
Spotnoun
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
Spotnoun
A stain or disfiguring mark.
Spotnoun
A pimple, papule or pustule.
Spotnoun
A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
Spotnoun
A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
Spotnoun
A location or area.
Spotnoun
A parking space.
Spotnoun
(sports) An official determination of placement.
Spotnoun
A bright lamp; a spotlight.
Spotnoun
A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
Spotnoun
Difficult situation; predicament.
Spotnoun
One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
Spotnoun
(soccer) Penalty spot.
Spotnoun
The act of spotting or noticing something.
Spotnoun
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
Spotnoun
A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
Spotnoun
The southern redfish, or novern=1 (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
Spotnoun
Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
Spotnoun
An autosoliton.
Spotnoun
(finance) A decimal point; point.
Spotverb
(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
Spotverb
(finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
Spotverb
(ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
Spotverb
To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
Spotverb
To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
Spotverb
(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
Spotverb
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
Spotverb
To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
Spotverb
To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
Spotadjective
(commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.
Spotnoun
A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
Spotnoun
A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
Spotnoun
A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.
Spotnoun
A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
Spotnoun
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
Spotnoun
A sciænoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.
Spotnoun
Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
Spotverb
To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garment; to spot paper.
Spotverb
To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal.
Spotverb
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
Spotverb
To become stained with spots.
Spotadjective
Lit., being on the spot, or place;
Spotnoun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region;
Spotnoun
a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
Spotnoun
a blemish made by dirt;
Spotnoun
a small contrasting part of something;
Spotnoun
a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance;
Spotnoun
an outstanding characteristic;
Spotnoun
a business establishment for entertainment;
Spotnoun
a job in an organization;
Spotnoun
a slight attack of illness;
Spotnoun
a small quantity;
Spotnoun
a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Spotnoun
a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
Spotnoun
a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value;
Spotnoun
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it;
Spotverb
catch sight of
Spotverb
mar or impair with a flaw;
Spotverb
make a spot or mark onto;
Spotverb
become spotted;
Spotverb
mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
Spotnoun
a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it
Spotnoun
a small mark or stain
Spotnoun
a pimple.
Spotnoun
a blemish on someone's character or reputation.
Spotnoun
a pip on a domino, playing card, or dice.
Spotnoun
a particular place or point
Spotnoun
a small feature or part of something with a particular quality
Spotnoun
short for penalty spot
Spotnoun
a ranking
Spotnoun
a place for an individual item within a show
Spotnoun
a small amount of something
Spotnoun
a small alcoholic drink
Spotnoun
denoting a system of trading in which commodities or currencies are delivered and paid for immediately after a sale
Spotnoun
short for spotlight
Spotnoun
a board for working plaster before application.
Spotnoun
a banknote of a specified value
Spotverb
see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for
Spotverb
recognize that (someone) has a particular talent, especially for sport or show business
Spotverb
observe and note the details of (a certain class of thing) as a hobby
Spotverb
locate an enemy's position, typically from the air
Spotverb
(in weight training, gymnastics, etc.) observe (a performer) in order to minimize the risk of accidents or injuries.
Spotverb
mark or become marked with spots
Spotverb
cover (a surface or area) thinly
Spotverb
stain or sully the moral character or qualities of
Spotverb
rain slightly
Spotverb
place (a ball) on its designated starting point on a billiard table.
Spotverb
give or lend (money) to (someone)
Spotverb
allow (an advantage) to (someone) in a game or sport
