Places — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

the area or space occupied by or intended for something

"the place chosen for the picnic"

"there's the place where I left my umbrella"

a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business

"we're going to our favorite place to eat"

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay

"a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department"

an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing

"let's make a place around our campfire for the newest member of our group"

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists

"knew his place in the organization"

the place where one lives

"they have a nice little place in the country"

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement

"came in fourth place in the marathon"

a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited

"with skills largely limited to those honed from endless hours of video games, he was having a hard time finding a place in the business world"

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

"well, in the first place, you shouldn't even be here"

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

"he carefully placed the flowers in a vase"

to arrange or assign according to type

"I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride"

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

"I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood"

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes

"placed second in the competition"

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty

"placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division"

to present or bring forward for discussion

"once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council"

to provide with a paying job

"most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions"

a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises

"die-hard fans gathered at the local watering place to watch the Super Bowl"

to move forward along a course

"everything is going according to our plans"

to leave a place often for another

"will go on vacation at the end of the year"

"decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier"

to be fitting or proper

"at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes"

to be in agreement on every point

"your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said"

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

"the highway goes right along the river"

to eventually have as a state or quality

"she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop"

"the room went dark"

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

"watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges"

to have or be in a usual or proper place

"these plates go in this cabinet"

to lose bodily strength or vigor

"when you get old, your eyesight starts to go"

to make one's way through, across, or over

"I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space"

to occur within a continuous range of variation

"selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million"

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

"to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round"

to have in mind as a purpose or goal

"I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off"

to come to an end

"we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went"

to have enough money for

"I think I can go for the new car after all"

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

"I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute"

to stop living

"her grandmother went peacefully last night"

to turn out as planned or desired

"we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out"

to have a price of

"those cars go for $25,000"

to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage

"when the sales representative refused to help us, we went to the store manager"

a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises

"die-hard fans gathered at the local watering place to watch the Super Bowl"

to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.

"When you're in love, there's a tendency to put your crush on a pedestal."