Place and Select

Place

Place verb - To pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty.

Usage example: placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division

Show all Definitions

Select and place are semantically related in assign topic. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Place".

Nearby Words: placed, placement, placing, placer, placet

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Show all Definitions

Place and select are semantically related in assign topic. Sometimes you can use "Place" instead a verb "Select".

character	place character	select character
unit	place unit	select unit
order	place order	select order
body	place body	select body
Other words: parts, characters, weapon, items, times, units, weapons.

The real mechanic is the aforementioned not realizing it's a difficulty select in the first place.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Action
Many people select the mine option which took its place instead.

Source: Video Game / Tower Madness
Ratchet & Clank (2002) didn't even have an option to pause on the quick select in the first place, though.

Source: Menu Time Lockout

Cite this Source

Select and Place. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/select

Place & Select. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/select>.

Select or Place. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/place/select.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "place" and "select" have occurred on timeline