place

English

/pleɪs/

noun
Definitions
  • (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
  • A location or position in space.
  • A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
  • (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
  • (obsolete) A topic.
  • A frame of mind.
  • (chess) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
  • (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
  • (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
  • Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  • Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
  • Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English place inherited from Old English plæse derived from Old French place (place, an open space) derived from Latin platea (wide street, plaza) derived from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (street, level, wide, flat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (flat, spread).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*plat-

Gloss

flat, spread

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Property

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