Definition of Place

Place

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.

To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.

To place-kick ( a goal).

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.

A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.

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.

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.

Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).

A definite position or passage of a document.

Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.

Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.

Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.

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.

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.

To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.

To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.

To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.

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The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
T. S. Eliot

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
Winston Churchill

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Abraham Lincoln

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
Mark Twain