place

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[edit] English

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[edit] Alternative forms

  • pleace (some English dialects: 18ᵗʰ–19ᵗʰ CC.; Scots: until 17ᵗʰ C.)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English place, from Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateia), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateia hodos, “broad way”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French place (“open space”). Displaced native Middle English lough, loogh, loȝ (“place, stead”) (from Old English lōh (“place, stead”)), 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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place (plural places)

  1. A location or position.
  2. An open space, courtyard, market square.
  3. A group of houses.
    They live in Westminster Place.
  4. A region of a land.
    He is going back to his native place on vacation.
  5. Somewhere for a person to sit.
    We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.
  6. A frame of mind.
    I'm in a strange place at the moment.
  7. (informal) A house or home.
    Do you want to come over to my place later?
  8. A role or purpose; a station.
    It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.
  9. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
    three decimal places
    the hundreds place
  10. The position of a contestant in a competition.
    We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.
  11. The position as a member of a sports team.
    He lost his place in the national team.

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terms derived from place (noun)

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location, position
open space, courtyard, market square
group of houses
region of a land
somewhere to sit
frame of mind
informal: house or home
a role or purpose, a station
numeric: the column counting a certain quantity
the position of a contestant in a competition
the position as a member of a team
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[edit] Verb

place (third-person singular simple present places, present participle placing, simple past and past participle placed)

  1. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
    He placed the glass on the table.
  2. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
    The win against the Mets placed the Cowboys in third place in the league.
  3. (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.
  4. (transitive, in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
    Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.
  5. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  6. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
    I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.
  7. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
    They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.

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  • (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):

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[edit] Translations

to put in a specific location
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 sing (a note) with the correct pitch
to arrange for, make (a bet)
to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job
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[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

place f. (plural places)

  1. Place, square, plaza, piazza
  2. Place, space, room
  3. Place, seat

[edit] Verb form

place

  1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of placer.
  2. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of placer.
  3. second-person singular imperative of placer.

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[edit] Interlingua

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place

  1. present of placer
  2. imperative of placer

[edit] Latin

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placē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of placeō

[edit] Polish

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  • IPA: /ˈplaʦɛ/

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place

  1. Nominative plural of plac.
  2. Accusative plural of plac.
  3. Vocative plural of plac.

[edit] Romanian

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  • IPA: [ˈplaʧe]

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place

  1. second-person singular imperative form of plăcea.
  2. third-person singular present tense form of plăcea.
    Îți place ție de el?
    Do you like him?

[edit] Spanish

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place (infinitive placer)

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of placer.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of placer.
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