a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
(politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"
temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep"
used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
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"
the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page"
an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
a general vicinity; "He comes from a place near Chicago"
a particular situation; "If you were in my place what would you do?"
proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
proper or appropriate position or location; "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet"
sing a note with the correct pitch
finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"
place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
assign to (a job or a home)
identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word"