placeholder

English

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Alternative forms

• place holder

Etymology

place +‎ holder.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

placeholder (plural placeholders)

1. Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

   This is placeholder data, so you’ll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them.

   • 2013 February 14, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard”, The Onion AV Club:

     “I’m on vacation,” Willis grumbles several times throughout A Good Day To Die Hard, in what counts as the film’s sole running joke, a lame placeholder until he arrives at the big “yippee-ki-yay” punchline.

Synonyms

• kadigan, kadigin, cadigan,
• See Wikisaurus:thingy, Wikisaurus:whatsaname, Category:Metasyntactic words

Translations

that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later

• Dutch: plaatshouder (nl) m, invul- (nl), vulsel (nl) n, vulling (nl) f
• French: marque substitutive (fr) f
• German: Platzhalter (de) m

• Macedonian: пополнувач (mk) (popólnuvač) m
• Norwegian: plassholder (no) m
• Welsh: dalfan (cy)