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English

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Alternative forms

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  • pleace(some English dialects: 18th–19th centuries; Scots: until the 17th century)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishplace, conflation ofOld Englishplæċe(“place, an open space, street”) andOld Frenchplace(“place, an open space”), both fromLatinplatea(“plaza, wide street”), fromAncient Greekπλατεῖα(plateîa), shortening ofπλατεῖαὁδός(plateîa hodós,“broad way”), fromProto-Indo-European*pleth₂-(“to spread”), extended form of*pleh₂-(“flat”). Displaced nativeOld Englishstōw,stede, and-ern. Compare alsoEnglishpleck(“plot of ground”),West Frisianplak(“place, spot, location”),Dutchplek(“place, spot, patch”).Doublet ofpiatza,piazza, andplaza.

Noun

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place (countable anduncountable,pluralplaces)

  1. (physical) Anarea;somewhere within anarea.
    1. Anopenspace,particularly acitysquare,marketsquare, orcourtyard.
    2. (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place,square, orplaza of the same name.
      They live at WestminsterPlace.
    3. Aninhabitedarea: avillage,town, orcity.
    4. Anyarea of theearth: aregion.
      He is going back to his nativeplace on vacation.
      • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
        From another point of view, it was aplace without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
    5. Theareaoneoccupies,particularlysomewhere tosit.
      We asked the restaurant to give us a table with threeplaces.
    6. Thearea whereonelives:one'shome,formerly(chiefly)countryestates andfarms.
      Do you want to come over to myplace later?
    7. Anarea of the body, especially theskin.
      Whichplace hurts the most?
    8. (euphemistic slang) Anarea tourinate anddefecate: anouthouse orlavatory.
    9. (obsolete) Anarea tofight: abattlefield or thecontestedground in abattle.
  2. Alocation orposition inspace.
    • c.1595–1596 (date written),William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene v]:
      In that sameplace thou hast appointed me,
      To-morrow truly will I meete with thee.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book II”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      Whatplace can be for us / Within heaven's bound?
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. Aplace like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
    • 1935,George Goodchild, chapter 5, inDeath on the Centre Court:
      By one o'clock theplace was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
  3. Aparticularlocation in abook ordocument,particularly thecurrentlocation of areader
    I lost myplace when you interrupted me.
  4. (obsolete) Apassage orextract from abook ordocument.
  5. (obsolete, rhetoric) Atopic.
  6. Astate of mind.
    I'm in a strangeplace at the moment.
  7. (chess, obsolete) Achessposition; asquare of thechessboard.
  8. (social) Aresponsibility orposition in anorganization.
    1. Arole orpurpose; astation.
      It is really not myplace to say what is right and wrong in this case.
    2. Theposition of acontestant in acompetition.
      We thought we would win but only ended up in fourthplace.
    3. (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
      to win a bet on a horse forplace
    4. Theposition as a member of asportsteam.
      He lost hisplace in the national team.
  9. (obsolete) Afortifiedposition: afortress,citadel, orwalledtown.
  10. Numerically, thecolumn counting a certain quantity.
    three decimalplaces;  the hundredsplace
  11. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
    That's what I said in the firstplace!
    • a. 1788, Mather Byles, quoted inThe Life of James Otis by William Tudor
      In the firstplace, I do not understand politics; in the secondplace, you all do, every man and mother's son of you; in the thirdplace, you have politics all the week, pray let one day in the seven be devoted to religion […]
  12. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
Synonyms
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Translations
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location, position
open space, courtyard, market square
street, sometimes surrounding a public place
inhabited area: a village, town, or city
any area of the earth
area one occupies, particularly for sitting
house or home
area of the skin
euphemism: outhouse or lavatory
area to fight—seebattlefield
particular location in a book or document
passage or extract from a book or document
rhetoric: topic
frame of mind
chess: square of the chessboard
role or purpose, station
the position of a contestant in a competition
horse-racing: position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position
the position as a member of a team
fortified position: fortress, citadel or walled town
numeric: the column counting a certain quantity
ordinal relation
reception; effect
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishplacen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

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place (third-person singular simple presentplaces,present participleplacing,simple past and past participleplaced)

  1. (transitive) Toput (someone or something) in aspecificlocation.
    Synonyms:lay,lay down,put down,set down,deposit,have,set
    Heplaced the glass on the table.
    toplace someone on a pedestal
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IIII”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, stanza 28,page53:
      His life vvas nigh vnto deaths doreyplaſte, / And thred-bare cote, and cobled ſhoes hee vvare,[…]
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter XIX, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet andplaced it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
    • 2013 May-June,Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 3, page200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could beplaced on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
  2. (ergative) Toearn a given spot in a competition; torank at a certainposition ((often followed by an ordinal)).
    The Cowboysplaced third in the league.
    Run Ragged wasplaced fourth in the race.
    1. (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
      In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stoneplaced, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
  3. (transitive) Torememberwhere andwhen (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
    I've seen him before, but I can't quiteplace where.
  4. (transitive) Tovouch for someone's alibi.
    The librarian wasplaced at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.
  5. (transitive) Tosing (a note) with the correctpitch.
    Synonym:reach
  6. (transitive, incollocations) Tomake.
    • 2021,Alexander S. Vindman, “Impeachable Offense”, inHere, Right Matters: An American Story‎[1],HarperCollins,→ISBN:
      We were all focused intently on the triangular conference call speaker in the middle of the table. President Trump's communications team wasplacing a call to President Volodymyr Zelenksy of Ukraine, and we were here to listen.
    toplace a call
    toplace an order
    toplace an ad in the newspaper
    toplace a bid
    toplace a bet
    toplace a wager
  7. (transitive) Tobet.
    Iplaced ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.
  8. (transitive) Torecruit ormatch an appropriate person for ajob, or a home for an animal foradoption, etc.
    They phoned hoping toplace her in the management team.
  9. (sports, transitive) Toplace-kick (agoal).
  10. (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
    My workplaceplaces a high premium on team spirit.
    Sheplaces little value on religion.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofplace
infinitive(to)place
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularplaceplaced
2nd-personsingularplace,placest†placed,placedst†
3rd-personsingularplaces,placeth†placed
pluralplace
subjunctiveplaceplaced
imperativeplace—
participlesplacingplaced,yplaced†
Synonyms
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Translations
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to put in a specific location
to earn a given spot in a competition
to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered
passive: to rank at (a certain position)
to sing (a note) with the correct pitch
to arrange for, make (a bet)
to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job
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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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place

  1. vocative/locativesingular ofplac

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Franco-Provençal

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinplatea.

Noun

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place f (pluralplaces)(ORB, broad)

  1. plaza,public square
  2. place,location

References

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  • place in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • pllace in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

Further information

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Frenchplace, fromLatinplatea, fromAncient Greekπλατεῖα(plateîa).

Noun

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place f (pluralplaces)

  1. place,square,plaza,piazza
  2. place,space,room
  3. place,seat
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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place

  1. inflection ofplacer:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Interlingua

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Verb

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place

  1. present ofplacer
  2. imperative ofplacer

Latin

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Verb

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placē

  1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofplaceō

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englishplæċe andOld Frenchplace, both fromLatinplatea, fromAncient Greekπλατεῖα(plateîa).

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈplaːs(ə)/,/ˈplas(ə)/

Noun

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place (pluralplaces)

  1. Aplace,area orspot; apart of theEarth oruniverse:
    1. Aninhabitedplace(such as acountry,town etc.)
    2. Abattlefield; alocation offighting.
    3. Anestate orproperty; ahouse orbuilding(often with itssurrounds).
    4. (rare) Acitysquare,marketsquare, orcourtyard.
  2. Alocation orposition in or on alargerspace(occupied bysomething orsomeone):
    1. Anarea of thebody(either of anorgan or of theskin)
    2. Alocation in orpassage from awrittendocument.
    3. (mathematics) The place of adigit in anumber written withArabic numerals.
  3. Aplace,station, orposition; anappropriate ordesignatedspot:
    1. Theusuallocation orplace of something(e.g. an animal'sdwelling).
    2. Aposition in ahierarchy;rank,status, orlevel.
    3. Afavourable orpropitiousoccasion; anopportunity.
  4. Extent,space(in two or three dimensions)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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place

  1. alternative form ofplayce

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinplatea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈplat͡sə/,(later)/ˈplasə/

Noun

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placeoblique singular, f (oblique pluralplaces,nominative singularplace,nominative pluralplaces)

  1. place;location

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Polish

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Noun

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place m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural ofplac

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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place

  1. inflection ofplăcea:
    1. second-personsingularimperative
    2. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    Îțiplacedeel? ―Do youlike him?

Spanish

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Verb

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place

  1. inflection ofplacer:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative
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