A Quick and Simple Dictionary

place

1. Noun.  A location or position.
2. Noun.  An open space, courtyard, market square.
3. Noun.  A group of houses.
4. Noun.  A region of a land.
5. Noun.  Somewhere for a person to sit.
6. Noun.  A frame of mind.
7. Noun.  (informal) A house or home.
8. Noun.  A role or purpose; a station.
9. Noun.  Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
10. Noun.  The position of a contestant in a competition.
11. Noun.  The position as a member of a sports team.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
13. Verb.  (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
14. Verb.  (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
15. Verb.  (transitive, in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
16. Verb.  (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
17. Verb.  (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
18. Verb.  (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.