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place
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, employment |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, connection, occupation, office, position, post, profession, situation, spot, trade |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duty, role |
| Synonyms: | affair, charge, concern, function, prerogative, responsibility, right |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, situate |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, assign, deposit, distribute, establish, finger, fix, install, lay, lodge, nail, park, peg, plant, position, put, quarter, repose, rest, set, settle, spot, stand, station, stick, store, stow |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, displace, empty, lose, misplace, remove |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order, sort |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, approximate, arrange, assign, call, charge, class, classify, commission, constitute, delegate, deputize, designate, entrust, estimate, fix, give, grade, group, judge, name, nominate, ordain, put, rank, reckon |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, discompose, disorder |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify, recognize |
| Synonyms: | associate, determinate, determine, diagnose, distinguish, figure out*, finger*, indicate, know, nail, peg, pinpoint, put one's finger on, remember, set in context, spot, tell |
| Antonyms: | forget, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | [Limited space] Place. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook (corner); hole; pigeonhole (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality (situation)., ins and outs; every hole and corner.
-adverbs
somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.
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| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
| Synonyms: | administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, lay on, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, office, officeholder, place, post, representative, situation, station, work |
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