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place
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- pronunciation:
- pleIs
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- phrases:
- take place
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a certain area of space that is taken up by something.
She cleared a place on the shelf for her books.- synonyms:
- location, spot
- similar words:
- area, position, room, scene, setting, station, whereabouts
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| definition 2: |
a space used for a specific purpose.
Here is a place to work on your art projects.- synonyms:
- position, spot, station
- similar words:
- room, seat, situation, space
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| definition 3: |
a duty or job.
It's the photographer's place to take pictures of the wedding.- synonyms:
- function, job, role
- similar words:
- charge, duty, obligation, responsibility
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| definition 4: |
a particular point or position among things having a certain order or arrangement.
I lost my place in the book.Could you hold my place in line for a minute?- similar words:
- page, spot
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| definition 5: |
situation or position.
Wouldn't you hate to be in her place?- synonyms:
- circumstance, shoes
- similar words:
- state
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| definition 6: |
one's home.
Let's meet at your place tomorrow.- synonyms:
- home, house
- similar words:
- dwelling, locality, residence
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| definition 7: |
a rank in a series.
He finished in third place in the race.- synonyms:
- position, rank, status
- similar words:
- situation, spot
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| definition 8: |
a proper position.
Is there a place for me in this community?- synonyms:
- niche
- similar words:
- slot
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| related words: |
apartment, appointment, capacity, condition, flat, home, house, niche, part, patch, position, territory |
adjective + (n.)place
holy, magical, resting, sacred, safe, secure
verb + (n.)place
occupy, take
noun + (n.)place
burial, dwelling, faraway, gathering, hiding, polling, register, safeguard
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| phrase: |
take place |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
places, placing, placed |
| definition 1: |
to put in a certain spot or position.
He placed a spider in her shoe.- synonyms:
- deposit, dispose, lay, locate, put, set
- similar words:
- aim, arrange, install, pitch, position, seat, stick
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| definition 2: |
to recognize from the past.
I couldn't place him at first, but now I remember him.- synonyms:
- recognize
- similar words:
- associate, identify, recall, recollect, remember
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| definition 3: |
to put in a rank or order.
She loved her work, and placed it above everything.- synonyms:
- class, classify, put, rank
- similar words:
- arrange
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| definition 4: |
to finish a race or contest in a particular position.
The magician placed second in the talent contest.- synonyms:
- rank
- similar words:
- finish
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| related words: |
apply, apprentice, deposit, grade, include, keep, pack, put, set, space, stand, station, tuck |
adverb + (v.)place
best, carefully, gently
(v.)place
+ adverb
lightly
(v.)place
+ noun
adoption,
advertisement,
arrest,
bag,
baking,
basket,
bet,
blame,
bowl,
bread,
broiler,
burden,
cake,
call,
candle,
chicken,
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,
probation,
rack,
restriction,
saucepan,
serving,
sheet,
skillet,
slice,
steak,
strain,
stress,
tomato,
tortilla,
tray,
trust,
value
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