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n.
space occupied at a table
1) to lay ( BE ), set ( esp. AE ) a ~ for smb.
position
2) to take smb.'s ~
3) to trade ~s
4) ( misc. ) to know one's ~ (in life); to give up one's ~ in line/in a queue; to occupy a prominent ~ in world literature
point in space
5) a meeting ~
6) at, in a ~ (at the same old ~)
dwelling
7) at smb.'s ~ (let's meet at your ~)
appropriate position
8) in; out of ~ (everything was in ~)
seat
9) to take one's ~ (they took their ~s)
standing in a competition
10) to take a ~ (she took second ~ in the competition)
11) a ~ goes to (first ~ went to Smith)
duty, function
12) one's ~ to + inf. (it's not my ~ to criticize them)
stage
step
13) in a ~ (in the first ~)
misc.
14) to take ~ ('to happen'); to go ~s ('to be successful'); all over the ~ ('everywhere'); in ~ of ('instead of')
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v.
1) ( d ; tr. ) ('to put') to ~ above (to ~ one's family above all other concerns)
2) ( d ; tr. ) ('to put') to ~ at (she ~d her car at our disposal)
3) ( d ; tr. ) ('to present') to ~ before (to ~ evidence before a grand jury)
4) ( d ; tr. ) ('to put') to ~ in (to ~ one's confidence in smb.)
5) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ with ('to find a home for') (to ~ a child with a family)
6) ( P ; tr. ) ('to put') to ~ books on a table)