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Etymology

Middle English place from Old English plæċe "open space" (reinforced by Old French place "open space"), both from Latin platea (“‘plaza, wide street’”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateia), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateia hodos), “‘broad way’”). Displaced native Middle English loȝ, lough "place, stead" (from Old English lōh "place"), Middle English stede "place, location" (from Old English stede "place, stead"), Middle English stowe "place" (from Old English stōw "place, locality, site").

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular place

Plural places

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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

Infinitive to place

Third person singular places

Simple past placed

Past participle placed

Present participle placing

to 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.
  2. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
  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.
  5. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  6. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
  7. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
    They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

to put in a specific location
  • Arabic: وضع ar(ar) (wáDa3a)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 放 cmn(cmn) (fàng), 置 cmn(cmn) (zhì), 放置 cmn(cmn) (fàngzhì)
  • Czech: umístit cs(cs)
  • Dutch: plaatsen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: panna fi(fi), laittaa fi(fi), asettaa fi(fi), sijoittaa fi(fi)
  • French: mettre fr(fr), poser fr(fr), placer fr(fr)
  • German: stellen, plazieren (or platzieren), einordnen
  • Hebrew: מיקם he(he) (mikém)
  • Hungarian: tenni hu(hu), helyezni hu(hu)
  • Italian: collocare it(it), mettere it(it), posare it(it)
  • Japanese: 配置する ja(ja) (はいちする, haichi suru), 置く ja(ja) (おく, oku), 入れる ja(ja) (いれる, ireru), 付ける ja(ja) (つける, tsukeru), 収める ja(ja) (おさめる, osameru), 定める ja(ja) (さだめる, sadameru), 割り当てる ja(ja) (わりあてる, wariateru)
  • Korean: 두다 ko(ko) (duda)
  • Kurdish: دانان
  • Norwegian: plassere no(no)
  • Old English: lōgian ang(ang)
  • Portuguese: colocar pt(pt), pôr pt(pt)
  • Russian: класть ru(ru) (klast’) (impf.), положить ru(ru) (položít’) (pf.), ставить ru(ru) (stávit’) (impf.), поставить ru(ru) (postávit’) (pf.), помещать ru(ru) (pomeščát’) (impf.), поместить ru(ru) (pomestít’) (pf.)
  • Spanish: colocar es(es), poner es(es)
  • Swahili: mahail sw(sw)
  • Swedish: lägga sv(sv), placera sv(sv), ställa sv(sv), sätta sv(sv)
to earn a given spot in a competition
  • Czech: umístit cs(cs) se
  • Finnish: sjoittua fi(fi)
  • French: se placer fr(fr), arriver fr(fr)
  • Hebrew: הגיע he(he) (higía)
  • Japanese: 入賞する ja(ja) (にゅうしょうする, nyūshō suru)
to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered
  • Czech: zařadit cs(cs)
  • Finnish: paikantaa fi(fi)
  • Hebrew: מיקם he(he) (mikém)
  • Japanese: 思い当たる ja(ja) (omoi-ataru)
  • Norwegian: plassere no(no)
  • Portuguese: lembrar-se pt(pt)
  • Swahili: mahail sw(sw)
  • Swedish: erinra sig, placera
passive: to achieve (a certain position)
  • Finnish: sijoittua fi(fi)
  • Japanese: なる ja(ja) (naru), つく ja(ja) (tsuku), 決まる ja(ja) (kimaru), 定まる ja(ja) (sadamaru)
  • Norwegian: plassere seg no(no)
  • Portuguese: classificar-se pt(pt), chegar pt(pt), obter pt(pt)
to sing (a note) with the correct pitch
  • Finnish: laulaa oikein fi(fi)
  • Norwegian: treffe no(no)
  • Portuguese: cantar pt(pt), entoar pt(pt)
  • Swahili: pahali sw(sw)
to arrange for, make (a bet)
  • Finnish: sijoittaa fi(fi)
  • French: faire fr(fr)
  • Japanese: 賭ける ja(ja) (kakeru)
to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job
  • Czech: umístit cs(cs)
  • Finnish: sijoittaa fi(fi)
  • Japanese: 任命する ja(ja) (ninmei suru), 配置する ja(ja) (haichi suru), 置く ja(ja) (oku); (phrase) 職を与える ja(ja) (shoku wo ataeru), 就職させる ja(ja) (shūshoku saseru)
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  • Chinese: 放置 (fàngzhì)
  • Ido: pozar (1), lok-izar (2), kolokar (5)
  • Korean: 위치하다 (wichi-hada, from 위치)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

place f. (plural places)

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

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.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

placē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of placeō.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

place

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

place

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

Spanish

Verb

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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