Overview of verb place

The verb place has 16 senses

• put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")


• place -- (place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation")


• rate, rank, range, order, grade, place -- (assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide")


• locate, place, site -- (assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles")


• place -- (to arrange for; "place a phone call"; "place a bet")


• place, come in, come out -- (take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon")


• target, aim, place, direct, point -- (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself")


• identify, place -- (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster")


• place -- (assign to (a job or a home))


• set, localize, localise, place -- (locate; "The film is set in Africa")


• place, put, set -- (estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.")


• place, localize, localise -- (identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection")


• invest, put, commit, place -- (make an investment; "Put money into bonds")


• station, post, send, place -- (assign to a station)


• place -- (finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place")


• place -- (sing a note with the correct pitch)

Overview of adj placed

The adj placed has 2 senses

• located, placed, set, situated -- (situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank")


• placed -- (put in position in relation to other things; "end tables placed conveniently")