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(verb) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" |
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Synonyms: come in, come out |
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Related Words: rank |
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(verb) estimate: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." |
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Synonyms: put, set |
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Related Words: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge |
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(verb) to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet" |
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Related Words: order |
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(verb) sing a note with the correct pitch |
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Related Words: sing |
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(verb) place somebody in a particular situation or location: "he was placed on probation" |
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Related Words: assign, delegate, depute, designate |
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(verb) assign to (a job or a home) |
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Related Words: assign, delegate, depute, deracinate, designate, displace, uproot |
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(verb) identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" |
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Synonyms: localize |
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Related Words: locate, situate |
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(noun) an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" |
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Related Words: cognition, knowledge |
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(noun) the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" |
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Related Words: passage |
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(noun) an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" |
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Synonyms: position |
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Related Words: item, point, postposition |
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(noun) (in horse racing) a finish in second place |
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Related Words: close, finish |
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(noun) any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?" |
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Synonyms: property |
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Related Words: center, centre, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, hatchery |
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(noun) a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago" |
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Related Words: locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity |
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(noun) a particular situation: "If you were in my place what would you do?" |
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Synonyms: shoes |
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Related Words: position, situation |
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(noun) proper or designated social situation: "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" |
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Synonyms: station |
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Related Words: niche, rank, social rank, social station, social status |
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(noun) proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" |
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Related Words: condition, status |
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(verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the "wanted" poster" |
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Synonyms: identify |
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Related Words: determine, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, set, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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(verb) assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" |
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Synonyms: locate, site |
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Related Words: base, place, post, send, station |
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(noun) where you live; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?" |
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Synonyms: home |
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Related Words: abode, residence |
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(noun) a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" |
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Synonyms: piazza, plaza |
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Related Words: public square, square |
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(noun) the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object: "he put the lamp back in its place" |
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Synonyms: position |
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Related Words: anomaly, back, front, half-mast, land site, landmark, lead, left, lie, pitch, point, polls, post, rear, right, setting, site, situation, stand, station, vantage |
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(noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" |
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Synonyms: seat |
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Related Words: perch, space |
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(noun) a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" |
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Synonyms: spot, topographic point |
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Related Words: birthplace, crest, crown, end, grave, heights, hiding place, high, holy, holy place, junction, macula, mecca, mock sun, nesting place, overlook, parhelion, peak, place of birth, point, polling place, polling station, pool, puddle, rendezvous, sanctum, scour, service area, showplace, solitude, stop, summit, sundog, sunspot, target, target area, tip, tomb, top |
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(noun) the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" |
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Synonyms: lieu, position, stead |
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Related Words: behalf, function, office, part, role |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: aim, direct, point, target |
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Related Words: address, aim, direct, home in, range in, take, take aim, train, zero in |
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(verb) put into a certain place: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the mising children"; also with abstract objects and locations: "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
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Synonyms: lay, pose, position, put, set |
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Related Words: appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, displace, docket, ensconce, fix, garner, glycerolize, ground, instal, install, intersperse, jar, juxtapose, lay, lay over, lean, load, lose, marshal, middle, mislay, misplace, move, parallelize, park, perch, pillow, pitch, place down, place upright, plant, poise, pose, posit, position, put back, put down, put forward, put in, rack up, recess, replace, repose, reposition, rest, seat, seed, set, set down, set up, settle, settle down, shelve, sign, sit, sit down, situate, sough, sow, space, stand, stand up, stick, store, stow, superimpose, tee, tee up, throw |
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(verb) locate; "The film is set in Africa" |
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Synonyms: localize, set |
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Related Words: present, stage |
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(noun) a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" |
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Synonyms: blank space, space |
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Related Words: area, expanse, indent, indentation, indenture, margin, surface area |
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(verb) make an investment; "Put money into bonds" |
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Synonyms: commit, invest, put |
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Related Words: buy into, drop, expend, job, speculate, spend |
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(verb) assign to a station |
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Synonyms: base, post, send, station |
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Related Words: displace, fort, garrison, locate, move, place, site |
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(verb) assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?" |
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Synonyms: grade, order, range, rank, rate |
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Related Words: downgrade, judge, prioritize, reorder, seed, sequence, shortlist, subordinate, upgrade |
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(noun) a job in an organization or hierarchy; "he ocupied a post in the treasury" |
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Synonyms: berth, office, position, post, situation, slot, spot |
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Related Words: academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, attorneyship, bailiffship, bishopry, cadetship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, cardinalship, chair, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, clerkship, commandership, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counsellorship, counselorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, deanery, deanship, directorship, discipleship, editorship, eldership, emirate, employment, foremanship, generalship, governorship, headship, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, job, judgeship, judgship, judicature, lectureship, legateship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, magistracy, managership, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, moderatorship, overlordship, pastorate, pastorship, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, prelature, premiership, presidency, presidentship, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulate, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, receivership, regency, rulership, secretaryship, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship, studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, work |
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