place
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English place from Old English plæċe "open space" (reinforced by Old French place "open space"), both from Latin platea (“‘plaza, wide street’”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateia), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateia hodos), “‘broad way’”). Displaced native Middle English loȝ, lough "place, stead" (from Old English lōh "place"), Middle English stede "place, location" (from Old English stede "place, stead"), Middle English stowe "place" (from Old English stōw "place, locality, site").
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[edit] Noun
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place (plural places)
- A location or position.
- An open space, courtyard, market square.
- A group of houses.
- They live in Westminster Place.
- A region of a land.
- He is going back to his native place on vacation.
- Somewhere for a person to sit.
- We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.
- A frame of mind.
- I'm in a strange place at the moment.
- (informal) A house or home.
- Do you want to come over to my place later?
- A role or purpose; a station.
- It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- three decimal places
- the hundreds place
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- He lost his place in the national team.
[edit] Synonyms
- (open space, courtyard, market square): courtyard, piazza, plaza, square
- (location): location, position, situation, spot
- (somewhere to sit): seat
- (frame of mind): frame of mind, mindset, mood
[edit] Derived terms
- abiding place
- all over the place
- decimal place
- dwelling place
- hiding place
- in the first place
- out of place
- place of articulation
- place of decimals
- place card
- place-kick
- place mat
- place name
- resting place
- sticking-place
- the other place
- to give place
- to place on a pedestal
- to take place
- workplace
[edit] Translations
location, position
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open space, courtyard, market square
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group of houses
informal: house or home
a role or purpose, a station
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numeric: the column counting a certain quantity
somewhere to sit
somewhere to stand
somewhere to lay down
somewhere to sleep
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- Catalan: lloc m.
- Ido: loko, placo (public), plaso (someone)
- Interlingua: loco
- Korean: 자리 (jari), 장소 (jangso)
- Lithuanian: aikštė f. (1); vieta f. (3)
- Spanish: lugar m. (1, 3), punta f. (1, 3)
[edit] Verb
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to place (third-person singular simple present places, present participle placing, simple past and past participle placed)
- (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
- (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
- (transitive, in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
- They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.
[edit] Synonyms
- (to earn a given spot):
- (to put in a specific location): deposit, lay, lay down, put down
- (to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered):
- (passive, to achieve a certain position): achieve, make
- (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch): reach
- (to arrange for, make (a bet)):
- (to recruit or match an appropriate person):
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to put in a specific location
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to earn a given spot in a competition
to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered
passive: to achieve (a certain position)
to arrange for, make (a bet)
to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job
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[edit] Anagrams
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
place f. (plural places)
[edit] Verb form
place
- first-, third-person singular indicative present of placer.
- first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of placer.
- second-person singular imperative of placer.
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[edit] Polish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈplaʦɛ/
[edit] Noun
place
- Plural form of plac.
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈplaʧe]
[edit] Verb
place
- second-person singular imperative form of plăcea.
- third-person singular present tense form of plăcea.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
place (infinitive: placer)
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of placer.
- informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of placer.
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