any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.-a broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.-a position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.-rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.-vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).-a definite position or passage of a document.-ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.-reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.-position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.-to assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.-to put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.-to put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.-to set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.-to attribute; to ascribe; to set down.