place

A place is any point, building, area, town, or country.

You can use the place to refer to the point, building, area, town, or country that you have already mentioned.

You can refer to somewhere that provides a service, such as a hotel, restaurant, or institution, as a particular kind of place.

You can refer to the position where something belongs, or where it is supposed to be, as its place.

A place is a seat or position that is available for someone to occupy.

Someone's or something's place in a society, system, or situation is their position in relation to other people or things.

Your place in a race or competition is your position in relation to the other competitors. If you are in first place, you are ahead of all the other competitors.

If you get a place on a team, on a committee, or in an institution, for example, you are accepted as a member of the team or committee or as a resident of the institution.

A good place to do something in a situation or activity is a good time or stage at which to do it.

Your place is the house or flat where you live.

Your place in a book or speech is the point you have reached in reading the book or making the speech.

If you say how many decimal places there are in a number, you are saying how many numbers there are to the right of the decimal point.

When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.

If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.

If things are all over the place, they are spread over a very large area, usually in a disorganized way.

If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.

If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.

If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.

If you say that someone is going places, you mean that they are showing a lot of talent or ability and are likely to become very successful.

People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.

If something is in place, it is in its correct or usual position. If it is out of place, it is not in its correct or usual position.

If something such as a law, a policy, or an administrative structure is in place, it is working or able to be used.

If one thing or person is used or does something in place of another, they replace the other thing or person.

If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.

If you say what you would have done in someone else's place, you say what you would have done if you had been in their situation and had been experiencing what they were experiencing.

You say in the first place when you are talking about the beginning of a situation or about the situation as it was before a series of events.

You say in the first place and in the second place to introduce the first and second in a series of points or reasons. In the first place can also be used to emphasize a very important point or reason.

If you say that it is not your place to do something, you mean that it is not right or appropriate for you to do it, or that it is not your responsibility to do it.

If someone or something seems out of place in a particular situation, they do not seem to belong there or to be suitable for that situation.

If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are.

If you say that someone should be shown their place or be kept in their place, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they should be made aware of their low status.

If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.

If one thing or person takes the place of another or takes another's place, they replace the other thing or person.

If you place one thing above, before, or over another, you think that the first thing is more important than the second and you show this in your behaviour.

If you place something somewhere, you put it in a particular position, especially in a careful, firm, or deliberate way.

To place a person or thing in a particular state means to cause them to be in it.

You can use place instead of 'put' or 'lay' in certain expressions where the meaning is carried by the following noun. For example, if you place emphasis on something, you emphasize it, and if you place the blame on someone, you blame them.

If you place someone or something in a particular class or group, you label or judge them in that way.

If a competitor in a race or competition is placed first, second, or third, they finish first, second or third.

If you place an order for a product or for a meal, you ask for it to be sent or brought to you.

If you place an advertisement in a newspaper, you arrange for the advertisement to appear in the newspaper.

If you place a bet, you bet money on something.

If an agency or organization places someone, it finds them a job or somewhere to live.