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place
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- pronunciation:
- pleIs
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- out of place, take place
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a certain area of space, such as that occupied by something.
Let's look for a nice place to eat lunch.Put your keys in a safe place.- synonyms:
- locale, location, situation, spot
- similar words:
- area, position, room, scene, setting, station, venue, whereabouts
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| definition 2: |
a space used for a specific purpose.
In the new house, I'll finally have a place to do my sewing.- synonyms:
- position, spot, station
- similar words:
- room, seat, situation, space
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| definition 3: |
a role, duty, or job.
It is his place to provide the entertainment, not yours.- synonyms:
- function, job, role
- similar words:
- billet, charge, duty, obligation, responsibility
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| definition 4: |
a particular point or position among things having a certain order or arrangement.
When the lights went out, I lost my place in the article I was reading.Could you hold my place in line for minute?I always sit here the table and my brother's place is across from me.- similar words:
- page, spot
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| definition 5: |
situation or circumstance.
I would hate to be in her place.- synonyms:
- circumstance, position, shoes, situation
- similar words:
- state
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| definition 6: |
a position; post.
All the open places in the office are quickly being filled.- synonyms:
- job, position, post
- similar words:
- billet, slot
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| definition 7: |
one's home area or residence.
Let's meet at my place tomorrow.- synonyms:
- home, house, pad
- similar words:
- abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, locality, residence, room
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| definition 8: |
a ranking in a sequence or succession.
He finished in third place in the race.- synonyms:
- position, rank, status
- similar words:
- situation, spot
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| definition 9: |
an appropriate or fitting situation or opportunity.
Is there a place for me in this community?- synonyms:
- niche
- similar words:
- slot
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| definition 10: |
stead (usu. fol. by "of").
Because of my son's allergy, I used seeds in place of nuts in this recipe.The president was ill, so the vice president attended the event in his place.- synonyms:
- lieu, stead
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| definition 11: |
in mathematics, the position of a digit in a number.
What number do you see in the tens place? |
| definition 12: |
rightful or appropriate status.
The boy's mother insisted that it was not the stepmother's place to make decisions about her son's future. |
| definition 13: |
space as a concept.
The novel has a clear sense of place.- similar words:
- atmosphere, locale, scene, setting
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| related words: |
accommodation, apartment, appointment, capacity, climate, condition, flat, home, house, lie, locality, niche, part, patch, position, territory |
adjective + (n.)place
holy, magical, resting, rightful, sacred, safe, secure
verb + (n.)place
occupy, take
noun + (n.)place
burial, dwelling, faraway, gathering, hiding, polling, register, safeguard
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| phrase: |
out of place, take place |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
places, placing, placed |
| definition 1: |
to put in a certain spot or position.
She carefully placed the baby in the crib.The advertisers placed their ad right after the evening news.- synonyms:
- deposit, dispose, lay, locate, put, set, situate
- similar words:
- aim, arrange, emplace, ensconce, install, orient, pitch, posit, position, repose, rest, seat, site, spot, stick
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| definition 2: |
to submit or put forth.
He placed an order for two dozen roses.- similar words:
- lay, lodge
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| definition 3: |
to identify from the past.
I couldn't place him at first, but now I recall who he is and where I met him.- synonyms:
- recognize
- similar words:
- associate, identify, recall, recollect, remember
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| definition 4: |
to find a job or position for.
Our agency placed her with a good firm.- synonyms:
- establish, put
- similar words:
- install, instate, position, settle, situate
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| definition 5: |
to establish in a rank or order.
I place my children above everything.- synonyms:
- categorize, class, classify, put, rank
- similar words:
- arrange
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| related words: |
apply, apprentice, deposit, grade, graduate, include, keep, pack, pose, put, set, sink, space, stand, station, tuck |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to finish a race, contest, or other competition in a particular position.
He placed tenth out of fifty runners.- synonyms:
- rank
- similar words:
- finish
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| definition 2: |
to finish among the first three in a race.
She hadn't won, but she was happy that she had at least placed.- similar words:
- excel
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| definition 3: |
in horse racing, to finish in second place.
He bet on one horse to win and on another to place.- similar words:
- show
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| related words: |
stand |
adverb + (v.)place
best, carefully, gently, strategically
(v.)place
+ adverb
firmly, lightly, squarely
(v.)place
+ noun
adoption,
advertisement,
arrest,
bag,
baking,
basket,
bet,
blame,
bowl,
bread,
broiler,
burden,
cake,
call,
candle,
chicken,
constraint,
container,
context,
cookie,
dish,
dough,
emphasis,
fillet,
flat,
flour,
foot,
freezer,
garlic,
grill,
hand,
importance,
inch,
ingredient,
jar,
layer,
limit,
mat,
onion,
order,
oven,
palm,
pan,
plastic,
plate,
platter,
pork,
pot,
potato,
premium,
priority,
probation,
rack,
restriction,
saucepan,
serving,
sheet,
skillet,
slice,
steak,
strain,
stress,
tomato,
tortilla,
tray,
trust,
value
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