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.
Placenoun
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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;
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an abstract mental location;
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a general vicinity;
Placenoun
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;
Placenoun
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;
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.
Squarenoun
(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
Squarenoun
(metonymically) Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
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A cell in a grid.
Squarenoun
A square piece, part, or surface, such as a square of glass.
Squarenoun
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
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(North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
Squarenoun
(printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
Squarenoun
An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
Squarenoun
A true measure, standard, or pattern.
Squarenoun
An open space often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
Squarenoun
(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
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(military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
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(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
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(British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
Squarenoun
(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
Squarenoun
(real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
Squarenoun
(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
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(academia) A mortarboard
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A square meal.
Squarenoun
(archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
Squarenoun
The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
Squarenoun
(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
Squarenoun
(dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
Squarenoun
(slang) Cigarette.
Squarenoun
(brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
Squareadjective
Shaped like a square the polygon.
Squareadjective
Forming a right angle, especially (nautical) at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
Squareadjective
Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.
Squareadjective
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
Squareadjective
Honest; straightforward.
Squareadjective
Fair.
Squareadjective
Even; tied
Squareadjective
(slang) Socially conventional; boring.
Squareadjective
(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
Squareadjective
Correctly aligned with respect to something else.
Squareadjective
hearty; vigorous
Squareadjective
Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
Squareverb
(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
Squareverb
(nautical) To place at a right angle to the keel.
Squareverb
To resolve or reconcile.
Squareverb
To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
Squareverb
Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
Squareverb
(transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
Squareverb
(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
Squareverb
(archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
Squareverb
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
Squareverb
(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
Squareverb
To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
Squareverb
To form with four sides and four right angles.
Squareverb
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
Squareverb
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
Squareverb
(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
Squarenoun
The corner, or angle, of a figure.
Squarenoun
Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so
Squarenoun
A pane of glass.
Squarenoun
An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets.
Squarenoun
An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
Squarenoun
Hence, a pattern or rule.
Squarenoun
The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8
Squarenoun
Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
Squarenoun
A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron.
Squarenoun
Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
Squarenoun
The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
Squarenoun
The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
Squarenoun
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
Squareadjective
Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
Squareadjective
Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
Squareadjective
Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
Squareadjective
Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
Squareadjective
Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as, square dealing.
Squareadjective
Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
Squareadjective
Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
Squareadjective
At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; - said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
Squareverb
To form with four equal sides and four right angles.
Squareverb
To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square masons' work.
Squareverb
To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
Squareverb
To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others.
Squareverb
To make even, so as to leave no remainder or difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
Squareverb
To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
Squareverb
To hold a quartile position respecting.
Squareverb
To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
Squareverb
To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
Squareverb
To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
Squareverb
To take a boxing attitude; - often with up, sometimes with off.
Squarenoun
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon;
Squarenoun
the product of two equal terms;
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an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Squarenoun
something approximating the shape of a square
Squarenoun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Squarenoun
any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles;
Squarenoun
a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles;
Squareverb
raise to the second power
Squareverb
make square;
Squareverb
cause to match, as of ideas or acts
Squareverb
position so as to be square;
Squareverb
be compatible with;
Squareverb
pay someone and settle a debt;
Squareverb
turn the paddle; in canoeing
Squareverb
turn the oar, while rowing
Squareadjective
having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle;
Squareadjective
leaving no balance;
Squareadjective
characterized by honesty and fairness;
Squareadjective
without evasion or compromise;
Squareadjective
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Squareadverb
in a straight direct way;
Squareadverb
with honesty and fairness;
Squareadverb
in a square shape;
Squareadverb
firmly and solidly;
Squarenoun
a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles
Squarenoun
a thing that is square or approximately square in shape
Squarenoun
a thing having the shape or approximate shape of a cube
Squarenoun
a small square area on the board used in a game
Squarenoun
a body of infantry drawn up in rectangular form.
Squarenoun
a unit of 100 square ft used as a measure of flooring, roofing, etc.
Squarenoun
a square scarf.
Squarenoun
a mortar board.
Squarenoun
the portion of the cover of a bound book which projects beyond the pages.
Squarenoun
an open, typically four-sided, area surrounded by buildings in a village, town, or city
Squarenoun
an open area at the meeting of streets.
Squarenoun
a closer-cut area at the centre of a ground, any strip of which may be prepared as a wicket.
Squarenoun
an area within a military barracks or camp used for drill.
Squarenoun
a block of buildings bounded by four streets.
Squarenoun
the product of a number multiplied by itself
Squarenoun
an L-shaped or T-shaped instrument used for obtaining or testing right angles
Squarenoun
an aspect of 90° (one quarter of a circle)
Squarenoun
a person considered to be old-fashioned or boringly conventional in attitude or behaviour
Squarenoun
a cigarette containing tobacco rather than cannabis.
Squarenoun
a square meal
Squareadjective
having the shape or approximate shape of a square
Squareadjective
having the shape or approximate shape of a cube
Squareadjective
having or in the form of two right angles
Squareadjective
having an outline resembling two corners of a square
Squareadjective
broad and solid in shape
Squareadjective
denoting a unit of measurement equal to the area of a square whose side is of the unit specified
Squareadjective
denoting the length of each side of a square shape or object
Squareadjective
at right angles; perpendicular
Squareadjective
in a direction transversely across the field or pitch
Squareadjective
having or denoting an aspect of 90°
Squareadjective
level or parallel
Squareadjective
properly arranged; in good order
Squareadjective
compatible or in agreement
Squareadjective
fair and honest
Squareadjective
(of two people) owing nothing to each other
Squareadjective
with both players or sides having equal scores in a game
Squareadjective
old-fashioned or boringly conventional
Squareadjective
(of rhythm) simple and straightforward.
Squareadverb
directly; straight
Squareadverb
fairly; honestly
Squareadverb
in a direction transversely across the field or pitch
Squareverb
make square or rectangular; give a square or rectangular cross section to
Squareverb
mark out in squares
Squareverb
multiply (a number) by itself
Squareverb
convert (a linear unit of measurement) to a unit of area equal to a square whose side is of the unit specified
Squareverb
make compatible; reconcile
Squareverb
be compatible
Squareverb
balance (an account)
Squareverb
settle or pay (a bill or debt)
Squareverb
make the score of (a match or game) even
Squareverb
bring (one's shoulders) into a position in which they appear square and broad, typically to prepare oneself for a difficult task or event
Squareverb
adopt a posture of defence.
Squareverb
secure the help or acquiescence of (someone), especially by offering an inducement
Squareverb
pass (a ball) across the field, especially towards the centre.
Squareverb
set (a yard or other part of a ship) at right angles to the keel or other point of reference.
Squareverb
(of a planet) have a square aspect with (another planet or position)
Square
In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90-degree angles, or 100-gradian angles or right angles). It can also be defined as a rectangle in which two adjacent sides have equal length.