Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Place \Place\, n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a
   courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of
   platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus.
   Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.]
   1. 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.

            Here is the place appointed.          --Shak.

            What place can be for us Within heaven's bound?
                                                  --Milton.

            The word place has sometimes a more confused sense,
            and stands for that space which any body takes up;
            and so the universe is a place.       --Locke.

   2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or
      short part of a street open only at one end. ``Hangman
      boys in the market place.'' --Shak.

   3. 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.

            Are you native of this place?         --Shak.

   4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement,
      dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or
      position; condition; also, official station; occupation;
      calling. ``The enervating magic of place.'' --Hawthorne.

            Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon.

            I know my place as I would they should do theirs.
                                                  --Shak.

   5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure
      or removal of another being or thing being implied). ``In
      place of Lord Bassanio.'' --Shak.

   6. A definite position or passage of a document.

            The place of the scripture which he read was this.
                                                  --Acts viii.
                                                  32.

   7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as,
      he said in the first place.

   8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.

            My word hath no place in you.         --John viii.
                                                  37.

   9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body;
      -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination,
      or by its latitude and longitude.

   {Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous
      of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
      retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.

   {High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were
      offered. ``Him that offereth in the high place.'' --Jer.
      xlviii. 35.

   {In place}, in proper position; timely.

   {Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks
      were out of place.

   {Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it
      has been placed on the ground.

   {Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London
      Academy.

   {To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give
      advantage. ``Neither give place to the devil.'' --Eph. iv.
      27. ``Let all the rest give place.'' --Shak.

   {To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such
      desires can have no place in a good heart.

   {To take place}.
      (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not
          take place.
      (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison.
      (c) To take effect; to prevail. ``If your doctrine takes
          place.'' --Berkeley. ``But none of these excuses would
          take place.'' --Spenser.

   {To take the place of}, to be substituted for.

   Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location;
        site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust;
        ground; room; stead.

Source : WordNet®

in place
     adv : in the original or natural place or site; "carcinoma in
           situ"; "the archeologists left the pottery in place"
           [syn: {in situ}]