placed

Variant of place

noun

a square or court in a city
a short street, often closed at one end
space; room
a particular area or locality; region
1. the part of space occupied by a person or thing
2. situation or state: if I were in his place
a city, town, or village
a residence; dwelling; house and grounds
a building or space devoted to a special purpose: a place of amusement
a particular spot on or part of the body or a surface: a sore place on the leg
a particular passage or page in a book, magazine, etc., esp. the point where one has temporarily stopped reading: to mark one's place
position or standing, esp. one of importance, accorded to one: one's place in history
a step or point in a sequence: in the first place
the customary, proper, or natural position, time, or character
a space used, reserved, or customarily occupied by a person, as a seat in a theater, at a table, etc.
an office; employment; position
official position
the duties of any position
the duty, or business (of a person)
in racing, the first, second, or third position at the finish, specif. the second position
Arith. the position of a digit in a number (Ex.: in 12.3 the one is in the ten's place, the two in the unit's place, and the three in the tenth's place)

transitive verb placed, placing

1. to put in a particular place, condition, or relation
2. to put in an assigned or proper place, as in a sequence or series
3. ☆ to identify by associating with the correct place or circumstances: to place somebody's face
to find employment or a position for; appoint to an office
to arrange for a desired handling, treatment, or allocation of: to place a shipment, to place a child for adoption
to assign (a value)
to make or give as an estimate
to offer (a proposal, problem, etc.) to be considered
to repose (confidence, trust, hope, etc.) in a person or thing
to adjust (the voice) to head or chest register
to finish in (a specified position) in a competition: to place last