Place vs. Prize — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Place and Prize
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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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