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place English

Meaning place meaning

What does place mean?
Definitions in simple English

place Noun

— A place is a point in space: a town, building, room, or even somewhere on a desk. It's nice to see the whole family together in one place. — A place is an open space, courtyard, or marketplace. — A place is a group of houses. — A place is an area of land. — A place is someones' frame of mind. — A place is an area for someone to sit at. We would like to sit at that table because it has three places open. — A place is a role or position; it is a station. — A place is the position in which you finish a competition in. She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.

place Verb

— If you place something somewhere, you put it in a certain spot. — If you place, you earn a given spot in a competition. She finished the poker tournament in fifth place. — If you place something somewhere, you remember the last time you encountered it. She placed the last time we met each other at.

place

— verb (= put, set) put into a certain place or abstract location Put your things here Set the tray down Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children Place emphasis on a certain point — noun (= spot) a point located with respect to surface features of some region this is a nice place for a picnic a bright spot on a planet — noun (= property) any area set aside for a particular purpose who owns this place? the president was concerned about the property across from the White House — noun an abstract mental location he has a special place in my thoughts a place in my heart a political system with no place for the less prominent groups — noun a general vicinity He comes from a place near Chicago — verb place somebody in a particular situation or location he was placed on probation — noun (= stead, lieu) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another can you go in my stead? took his place in lieu of — noun a particular situation If you were in my place what would you do? — verb (= rate, rank) assign a rank or rating to how would you rank these students? The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide — noun (= home) where you live at a particular time deliver the package to my home he doesn't have a home to go to your place or mine? — verb to arrange for place a phone call place a bet — verb (= locate) assign a location to The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles — noun (= post) a job in an organization he occupied a post in the treasury — verb (= come in) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal Jerry came in third in the Marathon — noun the particular portion of space occupied by something he put the lamp back in its place — noun (= station) proper or designated social situation he overstepped his place the responsibilities of a man in his station married above her station — noun the passage that is being read he lost his place on the page — noun (= seat) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) he booked their seats in advance he sat in someone else's place — verb (= identify) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster — verb (= aim, direct) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face criticism directed at her superior direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself — verb (= put) estimate We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M. — verb assign to (a job or a home) — noun proper or appropriate position or location a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen — noun (= position) an item on a list or in a sequence in the second place moved from third to fifth position — noun (= plaza) a public square with room for pedestrians they met at Elm Plaza Grosvenor Place — noun (= space) a blank area write your name in the space provided — verb (= set) locate The film is set in Africa — verb finish second or better in a horse or dog race he bet $2 on number six to place — verb sing a note with the correct pitch — verb (= localize, localise) identify the location or place of We localized the source of the infection — verb (= station) assign to a station — verb (= put) make an investment Put money into bonds

Synonyms place synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as place?

place English » English

put location position set spot site lay seat area space region locate room situation locality put down point country post lay down station home rank land district arrange abode install whereabouts plant set up part locale field deposit venue stead house fix situate direction camp stand square order job store stick status side

Topics place topics

What do people use place to talk about?
States Location

Be at a place
Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns
Language and thought Think Remember

Recognize
Social behavior Authority Exercise authority

Appoint, delegate
Work and occupation Working with buildings Building

House
Physical actions Posture

Sit
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Put down
Physical actions Arrange

Put
States Time Relative time

Order, sequence
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Series
States

Location
Physical actions Move Not moving

Stay, remain
States Quality Good Right, proper

Wrong, unsuitable
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Physical actions Move

Travel
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put in back
States Location

Spatial relations
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Instead
Person Sense, perceive

Smell
Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Meeting, assembly
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Gambling
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Tidy
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky
Social behavior Conflict War

Win
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Curse
Social behavior Religion

Heaven, hell
Social behavior Religion Religious things

Place of worship
Daily life Food Eat

Eating utensil

  • What words refer to the utensils used by one person?
    place setting
Work and occupation Working with buildings Building

Types of houses
Work and occupation Finance Borrow

Credit
Physical actions Move Move toward something

Go
Physical actions Move Accompany

Guide
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put in front
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Lift
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Return something
Physical actions Arrange Gather

Separate, scatter
Physical actions Arrange

Organize
Physical actions

Hide
States Quantity All

None, nothing
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

First
States Time Aspectual time Start something

Stop something
States Location

Here, there
States Location Here, there

Indefinite location
Grammar General words Do

Happen
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also
Grammar Name

Name of a place

  • What words refer to the name of a place?
    place name

Conjugation place conjugation

How do you conjugate place?

place · verb

Examples place examples

How do I use place in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'll come to your place.
What would you do if you were in my place?
Yoshino is a place famous for its cherry blossoms.
There is no place like home.
If you were in my place, what would you do?
The concert will take place next spring.
This is a good place to start the analysis.
You can spend the night at our place.
True democracy makes no enquiry about the color of skin, or the place of nativity, wherever it sees man, it recognizes a being endowed by his Creator with original inalienable rights.
America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
The world is a crazy place.
I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.
This place has a mysterious atmosphere.
It would of course be cheaper for you to sleep at our place.
Can I stay at your place? I have nowhere to go.
You are in a safe place.
I often think about the place where I met you.

Movie subtitles

I'll go and place you in luxury.
I marked this place as my territory.
What the. How can this place be your territory?
I'll go there and place you in riches.
Um. today is my last day off, so I wanted to see what sort of place Area 11 is.
Suzaku-san, could you take me to one more place?
At that time. for us 10 year olds, the world appeared to be a very sad place.
A place where we won't lose dear ones.
The only way to answer that question is to understand how the West came to be so powerful in the first place.
By 1 5th-century standards, Nanjing was a pretty pleasant place to live.
The tomb of Emperor YongIe at ChangIing is an appropriate place to reflect on the huge opportunity that China missed.
Well of course we don't really have final say over where we get sent, but. I have been praying to be sent to my favorite place in the whole world.
You were right, mama, you didn't lie The place is real, and I'm gonna fly!
I don't belong in a place like this!
That's why. I would at least like a world without war. A place where we won't lose dear ones.
Our place.
And our place in all that?
So, there is a place where the photographic plate is put, about here.
A big debate took place in the early 1920s.
We were still in a scientific environment, so I could not have imagined any better place to hide.
We're dealing with religions fanatics! We have to dominate them, or they'll drive us out and the British will take our place.
You've been promoted. This is such a remote place.
Had we stayed in Oran, instead of moving to this godforsaken place, our children could go to school and get a normal education.
This is a hard place for women and children.
She worked as a nurse, was radiantly happy, had found her place in society.
It's a male world where women have no place.
Just don't burn the place down.
Some things have to fall into place first.
Sorry. What is this place exactly?
This place don't exist.
In season two, Derek's goal is really to find that place of having a sense of family again and belonging.
But I think Derek's ultimate goal is just to find that place of having a sense of family again and belonging.
This place is-- it's getting to me.
That is a place that officers from each country will have a contest of their military strength.
Their intelligence information level is really high. No, only a few people knew about that place.
Who are those who knew about that place? Our family, the Chief Secretary, Eun Si Gyeong, the safety inspection team and only a few guards.
Is this the romantic place that you were talking about?
The place I'm going to is the ICC, isn't Gim Bong Gu at the detention center-- What if he were to escape?
Have you been well? Would someone who's curious as to how I've been doing not contact me and only meet in a place like this, under these kind of circumstances?
Yi Ryeong's manager? Hey, Dog Manners. Move to a place filled with ahjussis rather than the Diplomatic Service.
If you earn a lot, why buy here? I'm comfortable here. And I think it's a good place to study.

News and current affairs

A different kind of revolution was taking place in Europe's former colonies in Asia, where native peoples had no desire to be ruled once more by Western powers, which had been so ignominiously defeated by Japan.
It cannot be the same as the 1945 consensus, but we would do well, on this anniversary, to remember why that consensus was forged in the first place.
Growth is, in the first place, the best way to reduce the country's budget deficits.
That this Arab renaissance - to use the phrase of the great Palestinian scholar George Antonius - did not take place may have been Eban's greatest disappointment.
By putting paid to any revanchist tendencies in Russia concerning the Baltics, Europe is made a safer place, and Russia is helped in its effort to redefine itself as a national state and not an empire.
Moreover, the CAP's role as a motor of political and social integration in Europe could be restored once renewed policies are in place.
Personally, I suspect Madoff's unenviable place in the record books will be secure for quite a while.
Kostunica's election as President of Yugoslavia amounts to an incomplete revolution: many of the old guard are still in place.
There was a good reason for going to war in Afghanistan in the first place, because the attacks of September 11, 2001, originated there.
The Middle East is a place where the dust hardly ever settles.
Afghanistan is no place for quick fixes.
At the political level, the UN is the meeting place for 193 member states to negotiate and create international law, as in the important treaty on climate change adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
Most of these purchases have been made in Africa, with two-thirds taking place in countries where hunger is widespread and institutions for establishing formal land ownership are often weak.
But the evictions took place in 2001, and the villagers are still living in extreme poverty.
It is easy to predict that Sarajevo will be the place where they will meet to look back on Europe's savage twentieth century.
Indeed, since 1980's the industrialization that had taken place in Africa has by and large been reversed.
A transitional financing arrangement would be put in place for the period 2010-2015.
When police raided one place, copies emerged from other secure depots, to be sold in the streets by kamikaze youths who darted in and out of traffic offering the subversive contraband.
Detentions and deportations take place under sometimes terrible conditions.
Debunking the myths about migration - that most immigrants enter unlawfully, for example, or that immigration displaces existing workers - would be a good place to start.
Agriculture there has been damaged by the cutting of walnut, apricot, and mulberry trees for winter fuel, and by a failure to replant poplar, willow, and tamarisk - the trees that hold fragile meadows in place.
And now that China, too, is beginning to lose its comparative advantage in labor-intensive industries, other developing countries - especially in Africa - are set to take its place.
When I won a place at a medical college in Germany, my parents were proud.
One productive avenue would be to follow up on one of the recommendations of the High Level Panel that was endorsed by Annan; namely, that all UN members go on record declaring that terrorism has no place in today's world.
Right-wing American attitudes about their country's place in the world are invigorated by fundamentalist dogma.

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