The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
A state of mind.
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 arrange for or to make (a bet).
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
To earn a given spot in a competition.
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).
Standing; rank; position.
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
A place used for broadcasting radio or television.
Any of the Stations of the Cross.
A gas station, service station.
The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
A place where some object is provided.
A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
A military base.
An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
A ground transportation depot.
A very large sheep or cattle farm.
The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
A broadcasting entity.
Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
To put in place to perform a task.
To put in place to perform military duty.