Place Definition

plās
placed, places, placing
noun
places
A short street, often closed at one end.
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Space; room.
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A particular area or locality; region.
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The part of space occupied by a person or thing.
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A square or court in a city.
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verb
placed, places, placing
To put in an assigned or proper place, as in a sequence or series.
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To put in a particular place, condition, or relation.
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To find employment or a position for; appoint to an office.
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To arrange for a desired handling, treatment, or allocation of.
To place a shipment, to place a child for adoption.
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To offer (a proposal, problem, etc.) to be considered.
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idiom
all over the place
  • In or to many locations; everywhere:

    Film is sold all over the place.

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in place
  • In the appropriate or usual position or order:

    With everything in place, she started the slide show.

  • In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards:

    While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.

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in place of
  • Instead of.
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keep
  • To recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum.
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place in the sun
  • A dominant or favorable position or situation.
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Other Word Forms of Place

Noun

Singular:
place
Plural:
places

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Place

Origin of Place

  • 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 (plateia) ὁδός (plateia hodos, “broad way"), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“to spread"), extended form of *pelh- (“flat"), *pelhâ‚‚-. 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")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English plæce Old French place open space (from Medieval Latin placea) (from Vulgar Latin plattea) both from Latin platēa broad street from Greek plateia (hodos) broad (street) feminine of platus plat- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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