place

/plās/

noun

1. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.
2. Room or space, especially adequate space.
   There is place for everyone at the back of the room.
3. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.
4. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose.
   a place of worship.
5. A dwelling; a house.
   bought a place on the lake.
6. A business establishment or office.
7. A locality, such as a town or city.
   visited many places.
8. A public square or street with houses in a town.
9. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.
10. A setting for one person at a table.
11. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead.
    She was chosen in his place.
12. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book.
    I have lost my place.
13. A particular spot, as on the body.
    the place that hurts.
14. The proper or designated role or function.
    the place of the media in a free society.
15. The proper or customary position or order.
    These books are out of place.
16. A suitable setting or occasion.
    not the place to argue.
17. The appropriate right or duty.
    not her place to criticize.
18. Social station.
    He overstepped his place.
19. A particular situation or circumstance.
    Put yourself in my place.
20. High rank or status.
21. A job, post, or position.
    found a place in the company.
22. Relative position in a series; standing.
23. (Games) Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.
24. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument.
    in the first place.
25. (Mathematics) A position in a numeral or series.