Dictionary 1. (n.) 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.2. (n.) A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. 5. (n.) Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). 6. (n.) A definite position or passage of a document. 7. (n.) Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. 8. (n.) Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. 9. (n.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. 10. (n.) 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. 11. (n.) 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. 12. (n.) To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank. 13. (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. 14. (n.) To attribute; to ascribe; to set down. Thesaurus Anschauung Autobahn OK US highway a leg up abiding place abode address advance agora airspace align all right all set allegiance alley alleyway allocate allot alphabetize amphitheater analyze angle angle of vision anoint antepast apartment apply appointment apportion appropriate approximate area arena arise arrange array arrive arterial arterial highway arterial street artery ascribe assign assigned task associate assort athletic field attach attribute auditorium autoroute autostrada avenue awkward background basis bear garden bearings belt belt highway bench mark berth billet blind alley boulevard bounden duty bout bowl boxing ring bracket break down bring down bull ring bung burden burden with business buy in buy into bypass byway call call of duty camino real campo campus cantonment canvas capacity carriageway case caste catalog categorize causeway causey chair chance character charge chaussee chore circumferential circumstance circumstances circus city class classify clear stage close cockpit codify coliseum collocate colosseum come about commitment compose concern condition confines connection consider continental shelf continuity corduroy road correct corridor country county road course court cover crash pad crescent crib crown cul-de-sac dead-end street deal deal out dedication deference degree demand department deploy deposit dessert determinate devoir devotion diagnose digest diggings digs dike dirt road dish dispose distinguish distribute district divide division domicile domus drive driveway duties and responsibilities duty dwelling dwelling place echelon embarrass emplace emplacement employment engagement enjoin enthrone entree entremets environs establish estate ethics exact expressway eye fair field fair game farmstead fasten upon fealty field file financier finger fitting fix flat floor flourish footing forum frame of reference framework freeway freight with function get a fix get ahead gig give go go on go places good form gradation grade grange gravel road ground group gym gymnasium habitation hacienda hall hamlet happen have heartland help helping hierarchy highroad highway highways and byways hinterland hippodrome hole homage home home in on home place homecroft homestead house house and grounds house and lot |