place kick
place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
| place bet | a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
stead
position place lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another, can you go in my stead?, took his place, in lieu of |
topolatry
place-worship | the worship of places |
market
marketplace
market place | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold, without competition there would be no market, they were driven from the marketplace |
farmplace
farm-place
farmstead | a farm together with its buildings |
forum
assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
landing
landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods |
marketplace
market place
mart
market | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
| place mat | a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting |
place of business
business establishment | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
place of worship
house of prayer
house of God
house of worship | any building where congregations gather for prayer |
place setting
setting | a table service for one person, a place setting of sterling flatware |
restaurant
eating house
eating place
eatery | a building where people go to eat |
| place | 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 |
imaginary place
mythical place
fictitious place | a place that exists only in imagination, a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings |
place name
toponym | the name by which a geographical place is known |
space blank space
place | a blank area, write your name in the space provided |
| place | the passage that is being read, he lost his place on the page |
| place position | an item on a list or in a sequence, in the second place, moved from third to fifth position |
second-place finish
runner-up finish | a finish in second place (as in a race) |
| third-place finish | a finish in third place (as in a race) |
| first-place finish | a finish in first place (as in a race) |
jumping-off place
point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched, one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him, my point of departure was San Francisco |
birthplace
place of birth | the place where someone was born |
birthplace cradle
place of origin
provenance
provenience | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence, the birthplace of civilization |
| place property | any area set aside for a particular purpose, who owns this place?, the president was concerned about the property across from the White House |
polling place
polling station | a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election |
| home place | where you live at a particular time, deliver the package to my home, he doesn't have a home to go to, your place or mine? |
| gathering place | a favorite haunt where people gather |
| lurking place | a place suitable for lurking |
| hiding place | a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself) |
holy place
sanctum holy | a sacred place of pilgrimage |
| nesting place | a place suitable for nesting |
plaza
place piazza | a public square with room for pedestrians, they met at Elm Plaza, Grosvenor Place |
| pride of place | the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place |
position
place | the particular portion of space occupied by something, he put the lamp back in its place |
| place | a general vicinity, He comes from a place near Chicago |
| seat place | 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 |
topographic point
place
spot | a point located with respect to surface features of some region, this is a nice place for a picnic, a bright spot on a planet |
watering place
watering hole
spa | a health resort near a spring or at the seaside |
| agent-in-place | an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target |
place-kicker
placekicker | (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal |
| place shoes | a particular situation, If you were in my place what would you do? |
place
station | proper or designated social situation, he overstepped his place, the responsibilities of a man in his station, married above her station |
| place | proper or appropriate position or location, a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen |
breath
breather
breathing place
breathing space
breathing spell
breathing time | a short respite |
happen
hap
go on
pass off
occur
pass
fall out
come about
take place | come to pass, What is happening?, The meeting took place off without an incidence, Nothing occurred that seemed important |
click d get through
dawn d come home d get across
sink in
penetrate fall into place | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions, It dawned on him that she had betrayed him, she was penetrated with sorrow |