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place

Definition for place

noun as in location with purpose, function

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apartment, area, berth, city, community, corner, country, district, field, hole, home, house, neighborhood, part, point, position, region, residence, room, seat, site, situation, spot, town, venue, village, zone

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abode, accommodation, compass, distance, domicile, dwelling, habitat, hamlet, hangout, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, niche, nook, pad, plant, property, quarter, reservation, section, station, stead, suburb, vicinity, volume, whereabouts

noun as in position, rank

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character, slot, standing, state, status

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capacity, footing, grade, station

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noun as in job, employment

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berth, office, position, situation, spot

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appointment, connection, occupation, post, profession, trade

noun as in duty, role

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affair, charge, concern, function, prerogative, responsibility

verb as in locate, situate

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deposit, distribute, establish, install, lay, plant, put, set, stand, stick, store

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allocate, allot, assign, finger, fix, lodge, nail, park, peg, position, quarter, repose, rest, settle, spot, station, stow

verb as in order, sort

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arrange, call, give, put, rank

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allocate, appoint, approximate, assign, charge, class, classify, commission, constitute, delegate, deputize, designate, entrust, estimate, fix, grade, group, judge, name, nominate, ordain, reckon

verb as in identify, recognize

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associate, determine, diagnose, distinguish, finger, indicate, know, nail, peg, pinpoint, remember, spot, tell

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determinate, figure out, put one's finger on, set in context

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Example Sentences

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Last winter the SAS was placed on the highest level of emergency due to the "significant pressure" placed on services.

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He said that the process was likely to take two to three months, with the RFL board then deciding whether to keep the coach in place.

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From these experiences, she says the women she has met are "so happy" the event is taking place on their doorsteps.

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"On an Aitch level, I feel like I have got this calling to raise awareness for Down's syndrome and I feel that's the perfect place."

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If the blast was deliberate, it would be the deadliest such incident in New Delhi since 2011, when a bomb placed in a briefcase outside a courthouse killed 15 people and injured dozens of others.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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