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Place vs. Prize — What's the Difference?

Place vs. Prize — What's the Difference?

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Place

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location
The monastery was a peaceful place
He would always have a special place in her heart
I can't be in two places at once
That street was no place for a lady

Prize

A prize is an award to be given to a person, a group of people like a sports team, or organization to recognize and reward actions or achievements. Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them.

Place

A portion of space designated or available for or being used by someone
Jackie had saved her a place
They hurried to their places at the table

Prize

Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.

Place

A position in a sequence or series, typically one ordered on the basis of merit
His score left him in ninth place
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Prize

Something offered or won in a lottery or similar game of chance.

Place

A square or short street
The lecture theatre is in New Burlington Place

Prize

Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.

Place

Put in a particular position
A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

Prize

Something seized by force or taken as booty, especially an enemy ship and its cargo captured at sea during wartime.

Place

Find a home or employment for
The children were placed with foster-parents

Prize

Chiefly Southern US Something used as a lever or for prying.

Place

Identify or classify as being of a specified type or as holding a specified position in a sequence or hierarchy
A survey placed the company 13th for achievement

Prize

Offered or given as a prize
A prize cup.

Place

Score (a goal) by a place kick.

Prize

Given a prize, or likely to win a prize
A prize cow.

Place

An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.

Prize

Worthy of a prize; first-class
Our prize azaleas.

Place

Room or space, especially adequate space
There is place for everyone at the back of the room.

Prize

To value highly; esteem or treasure.

Place

The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.

Prize

To estimate the worth of; evaluate.

Place

A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose
A place of worship.

Prize

To move or force with a lever; pry
Prized open the antique chest.

Place

A dwelling; a house
Bought a place on the lake.

Prize

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

Place

A business establishment or office.

Prize

Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.

Place

A locality, such as a town or city
Visited many places.

Prize

An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

Place

Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town.

Prize

That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

Place

A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.

Prize

Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

Place

A setting for one person at a table.

Prize

(obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.

Place

A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead
She was chosen in his place.

Prize

A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

Place

A particular point that one has reached, as in a book
I have lost my place.

Prize

Obsolete form of price

Place

A particular spot, as on the body
The place that hurts.

Prize

To consider highly valuable; to esteem.

Place

The proper or designated role or function
The place of the media in a free society.

Prize

(obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.

Place

The proper or customary position or order
These books are out of place.

Prize

To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

Place

A suitable setting or occasion
Not the place to argue.

Prize

(obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.

Place

The appropriate right or duty
Not her place to criticize.

Prize

Having won a prize; award-winning.
A prize vegetable

Place

Social station
He overstepped his place.

Prize

; exceptional.
He was a prize fool.

Place

A particular situation or circumstance
Put yourself in my place.

Prize

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
I will depart my pris, or my prey, by deliberation.
His own prize,Whom formerly he had in battle won.

Place

High rank or status.

Prize

Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
I'll never wrestle for prize more.
I fought and conquered, yet have lost the prize.

Place

A job, post, or position
Found a place in the company.

Prize

That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

Place

Relative position in a series; standing.

Prize

Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Place

(Games) Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.

Prize

A contest for a reward; competition.

Place

The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument
In the first place.

Prize

A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

Place

(Mathematics) A position in a numeral or series.

Prize

Estimation; valuation.

Place

To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.

Prize

To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.

Place

To put in a specified relation or order
Place the words in alphabetical order.

Prize

To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
A goodly price that I was prized at.
I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor.

Place

To offer for consideration
Placed the matter before the board.

Prize

To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
I prized your person, but your crown disdain.

Place

To find accommodation or employment for.

Prize

Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery;
The prize was a free trip to Europe

Place

To put into a particular condition
Placed him under arrest.

Prize

Goods or money obtained illegally

Place

To arrange for the publication or display of
Place an advertisement in the newspaper.

Prize

Something given as a token of victory

Place

To appoint to a post
Placed her in a key position.

Prize

Hold dear;
I prize these old photographs

Place

To rank in an order or sequence
I'd place him second best.

Prize

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open;
The burglar jimmied the lock
Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Place

To estimate
Placed the distance at 100 feet.

Prize

Regard highly; think much of;
I respect his judgement
We prize his creativity

Place

To identify or classify in a particular context
Could not place that person's face.

Prize

Of superior grade;
Choice wines
Prime beef
Prize carnations
Quality paper
Select peaches

Place

To give an order for
Place a bet.

Place

To apply or arrange for
Place an order.

Place

To make or obtain a connection for (a telephone call).

Place

To sell (a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities).

Place

To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.

Place

To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.

Place

(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.

Place

An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.

Place

A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
They live at Westminster Place.

Place

An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.

Place

Any area of the earth: a region.
He is going back to his native place on vacation.

Place

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.

Place

The area where one lives: one's home, formerly country estates and farms.
Do you want to come over to my place later?

Place

An area of the body, especially the skin.
Which place hurts the most?

Place

An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.

Place

An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.

Place

A location or position in space.

Place

A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.

Place

A passage or extract from a book or document.

Place

A topic.

Place

A state of mind.
I'm in a strange place at the moment.

Place

A chess position; a square of the chessboard.

Place

(social) A responsibility or position in an organization.

Place

A role or purpose; a station.
It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.

Place

The position of a contestant in a competition.
We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.

Place

(horse-racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
To win a bet on a horse for place

Place

The position as a member of a sports team.
He lost his place in the national team.

Place

A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.

Place

Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
Three decimal places;
The hundreds place

Place

Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
That's what I said in the first place!

Place

Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

Place

(transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
He placed the glass on the table.

Place

(intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
The Cowboys placed third in the league.

Place

To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

Place

To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.

Place

(transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.

Place

(transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

Place

(transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.

Place

(transitive) To establish a call connection by telephone or similar.

Place

(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.

Place

To place-kick (a goal).

Place

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.
What place can be for usWithin heaven's bound?
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.

Place

A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.

Place

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?

Place

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
Men in great place are thrice servants.
I know my place as I would they should do theirs.

Place

Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).

Place

A definite position or passage of a document.
The place of the scripture which he read was this.

Place

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

Place

Reception; effect; - implying the making room for.
My word hath no place in you.

Place

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

Place

The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third.

Place

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.
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.

Place

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.
Place such over them to be rulers.

Place

To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.

Place

To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.

Place

To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
Place it for her chief virtue.

Place

To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.

Place

To place-kick ( a goal).

Place

To recognize or identify (a person).

Place

A point located with respect to surface features of some region;
This is a nice place for a picnic

Place

Any area set aside for a particular purpose;
Who owns this place?
The president was concerned about the property across from the White House

Place

An abstract mental location;
He has a special place in my thoughts
A place in my heart
A political system with no place for the less prominent groups

Place

A general vicinity;
He comes from a place near Chicago

Place

The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
Can you go in my stead?
Took his place
In lieu of

Place

A particular situation;
If you were in my place what would you do?

Place

Where you live at a particular time;
Deliver the package to my home
He doesn't have a home to go to
Your place or mine?

Place

A job in an organization;
He occupied a post in the treasury

Place

The particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
He put the lamp back in its place

Place

Proper or designated social situation;
He overstepped his place
The responsibilities of a man in his station
Married above her station

Place

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);
He booked their seats in advance
He sat in someone else's place

Place

The passage that is being read;
He lost his place on the page

Place

Proper or appropriate position or location;
A woman's place is no longer in the kitchen

Place

A public square with room for pedestrians;
They met at Elm Plaza
Grosvenor Place

Place

An item on a list or in a sequence;
In the second place
Moved from third to fifth position

Place

A blank area;
Write your name in the space provided

Place

Put into a certain place or abstract location;
Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point

Place

Place somebody in a particular situation or location;
He was placed on probation

Place

Assign a rank or rating to;
How would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Place

Assign a location to;
The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles

Place

To arrange for;
Place a phone call
Place a bet

Place

Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal;
Jerry came in third in the Marathon

Place

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
Criticism directed at her superior
Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself

Place

Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster

Place

Assign to (a job or a home)

Place

Locate;
The film is set in Africa

Place

Estimate;
We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.

Place

Identify the location or place of;
We localized the source of the infection

Place

Make an investment;
Put money into bonds

Place

Assign to a station

Place

Finish second or better in a horse or dog race;
He bet $2 on number six to place

Place

Sing a note with the correct pitch

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