placing

noun

1. a square or court in a city
2. a short street, often closed at one end
3. space; room
4. a particular area or locality; region
5. 1. the part of space occupied by a person or thing
   2. situation or state: if I were in his place
6. a city, town, or village
7. a residence; dwelling; house and grounds
8. a building or space devoted to a special purpose: a place of amusement
9. a particular spot on or part of the body or a surface: a sore place on the leg
10. a particular passage or page in a book, magazine, etc., esp. the point where one has temporarily stopped reading: to mark one's place
11. position or standing, esp. one of importance, accorded to one: one's place in history
12. a step or point in a sequence: in the first place
13. the customary, proper, or natural position, time, or character
14. a space used, reserved, or customarily occupied by a person, as a seat in a theater, at a table, etc.
15. an office; employment; position
16. official position
17. the duties of any position
18. the duty, or business (of a person)
19. in racing, the first, second, or third position at the finish, specif. the second position
20. 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)

Origin: OFr < L platea, a broad street (in LL, an open space) < Gr plateia, a street < platys, broad: see platy-

transitive verb placed, placing

1. 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
2. to find employment or a position for; appoint to an office
3. to arrange for a desired handling, treatment, or allocation of: to place a shipment, to place a child for adoption
4. to assign (a value)
5. to make or give as an estimate
6. to offer (a proposal, problem, etc.) to be considered
7. to repose (confidence, trust, hope, etc.) in a person or thing
8. to adjust (the voice) to head or chest register
9. to finish in (a specified position) in a competition: to place last

Origin: Fr placer

intransitive verb