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How to sign: 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?";
Similiar / Same: home
Within this category: home away from home
How to sign: 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";
See also: lay out, disembark, imprison, defer, jug, debark, array, knock back, incarcerate, ensnare, put off, put together, table, gaol, communicate, lay out, entrap, put off, knock back, tack together, table, shelve, assemble, postpone, immure, put up, arrange, shelve, set back, postpone, prorogue, put behind bars, array, put back, tack together, rig, erect, set back, defer, assemble, put across, unload, put together, prorogue, jail, remit, piece, set up, put over, set out, remit, put over, put back, lag, land, set up, set out, put back, remand, piece, lay, put down, set back, set up, set back, tack, put up, put away, frame, put down, tack, apply, replace, bring down, range, rear, hold over, repose, set down, range, put down, set up, hold over, set down, put on, pass on, set up, discharge, drop, raise, post, set up, pass
Similiar / Same: put, set, lay, position, pose
Within this category: appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, docket, emplace, emplace, ensconce, glycerolize, ground, imbricate, insert, install, intersperse, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lay, lean, load, marshal, middle, misplace, misplace, nestle, parallelize, park, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, plant, plant, poise, position, postpose, prepose, rack up, recess, recline, replace, repose, reposition, rest, seat, set, settle, set down, set down, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, situate, sow, space, stand, step, stick, stratify, superimpose, superpose, tee, throw, throw, trench, underlay, upend
How to sign: any area set aside for a particular purpose
"who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House";
Similiar / Same: property
Categories: geographical area, geographical region, geographic area, geographic region
Within this category: center, hatchery, sanctuary
How to sign: a particular situation
"If you were in my place what would you do?";
Similiar / Same: shoes
Categories: position, situation
How to sign: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster";
Similiar / Same: identify
Within this category: distinguish
