To earn a given spot in a competition.
To arrange for or to make (a bet).
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar).
To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
To place-kick (a goal).
An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
A state of mind.
The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
An area of the body, especially the skin.
An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
The position of a contestant in a competition.
A location or position in space.
Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
A role or purpose; a station.
A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
The position as a member of a sports team.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Any area of the earth: a region.
To occupy a given position.
To babysit.
After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
To be a member of a deliberative body.
Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
To accommodate in seats; to seat.
To move oneself into such a position.
To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
To be adjusted; to fit.
To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.