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Meaning of place in English placenoun uk /pleɪs/ us /pleɪs/

place noun (AREA)

Add to word list Add to word list A1 [ C ] an area, town, building, etc.: Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit. What was the name of that place we drove through on the way to New York? They decided to go to a pizza place.place of interest There are several places of interest to visit in the area.place of work It's important to feel comfortable in your place of work. A2 [ C ] informal a home: I'm looking for a place to live. We'll have the meeting at my place. accommodation
  • accommodationUK Our holiday accommodation was not up to standard.
  • place to stayIf you need a place to stay, I have a spare room.
  • lodgingOur lodging on the estate wasn't free: we had to help with household tasks in payment.
  • lodgingsAfter work she returned to her lodgings on the outskirts of town.
  • digsUK I had digs in Jesus Lane, not far from college.
See more results » [ S ] a suitable area, building, situation, or occasion: place for University is a great place for making new friends. [ + to infinitive ] This meeting isn't the place to discuss your problems, I'm afraid.
  • The school was a cold, unwelcoming place.
  • The mixture of flour, water and yeast is then left in a warm place for four hours.
  • New York is reportedly a very exciting place to live.
  • I wonder if you could give me some information about places to visit in the area?
  • The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.
Places and locations
  • anatopism
  • back row
  • coign of vantage
  • core
  • crime scene
  • deliver something to someone/somewhere
  • location
  • locational
  • locationally
  • loci
  • locus
  • placelessness
  • resite
  • retroperitoneal
  • retroperitoneally
  • scene
  • second row
  • setting
  • spot
  • station
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place noun (POSITION)

[ C ] a position in relation to other things or people: His leg was broken in two places.in something's place When you've finished, put the book back in its place on the shelf. This plant needs a warm, sunny place.keep someone's place I got my sister to keep my place (= allow me to come back to the same position).keep someone's place in something Will you keep my place in the queue?lose your place She spoke to me and I lost my place in the book (= I forgot where I had been reading). See also decimal place B1 [ C ] the seat you will sit in on a particular occasion, or the seat where you usually sit, in the theatre, a class, a train, etc.: My ticket says 6G but there's someone sitting in my place. The children collected their prizes and then went back to their places.save someone a place Save me a place (= keep a seat for me until I arrive) near the front. [ C ] the space at a table where one person will sit and eat, usually with a plate and knives, forks, and spoons arranged on it: The waiter showed us to our places and gave us each a menu.lay a place He laid six places at the table. B1 [ C ] a position in an organization, system, or competition: place at UK She's got a place at universityplace on UK She's got a place on a fine-arts course.place in US She's got a place in a fine-arts course.in first, second, etc. place Our team finished in second place.take first, second, etc. place He took third place (= was the third to finish) in the marathon last year. [ C ] US used after words such as "any" and "some" as a different way of saying "anywhere", "somewhere", etc.: I know I left that book some place - now, where was it? That bar was like no place I'd ever been before. take place B1 to happen: The concert takes place next Thursday. See more out of place C2 in the wrong place or looking wrong: The boy looked uncomfortable and out of place among the adults. See more in place C2 If something is in place, it is in its usual or correct position: The chairs are all in place. C2 organized: The arrangements are all in place for the concert next Thursday. US (UK on the spot) (of running or jumping) in one place without moving forward or backward at all: She looked like she was running in place as six women flew past her. US without making any progress : While Maryland has been standing in place or going backward, a number of states have courted filmmakers aggressively. See more in place of someone/something B2 instead of someone or something: You can use margarine in place of butter in some recipes. See more take the place of someone/something B2 to be used instead of someone or something: These portable machines can take the place of your desktop PC. See more
  • To divide by ten, move the decimal point one place to the left.
  • Their 2-0 victory today has ensured the Italian team a place in the Cup Final.
  • I lost my place in my book when the pages flipped over in the wind.
  • I just get on with my job and do as I'm told - I know my place.
  • There will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place.
General location and orientation
  • about
  • along
  • anterior
  • around
  • back onto something phrasal verb
  • fix
  • forward
  • lock on phrasal verb
  • noncentral
  • on the left
  • on-site
  • orientated
  • right/wrong way round idiom
  • round
  • side-on
  • spot
  • surface
  • take a left
  • to the left of something/someone
  • turn left
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Chairs & seats Providing & serving meals Organizations - position & status Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere

place noun (DUTY)

[ U ] what a person should do or is allowed to do, especially according to the rules of society: [ + to infinitive ] It's not your place to tell me what to do.know your place I'm not going to criticize his decision - I know my place (= I know that I am of lower rank or have less authority). Duty, obligation and responsibility
  • accountable
  • accountable to someone
  • accountably
  • answer for something phrasal verb
  • bind
  • dual role
  • duty
  • duty of care
  • fall to someone phrasal verb
  • fiefdom
  • not my circus, not my monkeys idiom
  • obligated
  • obligation
  • obligatorily
  • obligatory
  • owe
  • preserve
  • saddle
  • someone's answer to someone/something idiom
  • thrust
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Idioms

all over the place change places from a place of go places in a ... place in the first/second place a place for everything and everything in its place a place in the sun put someone in their place take first/second place placeverb uk /pleɪs/ us /pleɪs/

place verb (POSITION)

B2 [ I or T ] to put something in a particular position: She placed the letter in front of me. She placed her name on the list of volunteers. I'd place him among the ten most brilliant scientists of his age. place an advertisement, bet, order, etc. C1 to arrange to have an advertisement, bet, order, etc.: We placed the order for the furniture six weeks ago. See more place emphasis, importance, etc. on something C2 to give something emphasis, importance, etc.: She placed the emphasis on the word "soon" in order to make sure she was understood. See more [ T ] to find someone a job: be placed in The students are placed in companies for a period of work experience.place someone with someone The scheme places unemployed people with employers who help them to learn new skills.
  • We placed saucepans on the floor to catch the drops of water coming through the roof.
  • The chairs were placed in a semi-circular arrangement.
  • His penalty kick placed the ball decisively in the back of the net.
  • Please place your questionnaire in the box when you've finished.
  • She placed the vase of flowers carefully in the centre of the table.
Placing and positioning an object
  • -based
  • appose
  • around
  • change something around phrasal verb
  • circle
  • consign
  • gone
  • plant
  • re-engage
  • re-rig
  • realignment
  • redeposit
  • reinstall
  • spread
  • stick
  • stuck
  • superimpose
  • transpose
  • transposition
  • turn over phrasal verb
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place verb (RECOGNIZE)

[ T ] to recognize someone or remember where you have seen someone and how you know them: She looks familiar but I can't place her - did she use to work here? Remembering, reminding and reminders
  • aide-mémoire
  • annal
  • awaken someone to something phrasal verb
  • be engraved on someone's memory/mind idiom
  • be etched on/in someone's memory idiom
  • commit
  • hooky
  • if my memory serves me right idiom
  • imprint
  • in commemoration of someone/something
  • indelible
  • jog
  • remember
  • remind
  • remind someone of something/someone phrasal verb
  • reminder
  • reminisce
  • resonant
  • stamp
  • sticky
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place verb (ACHIEVE POSITION)

[ I ] (UK also be placed) to achieve a particular place in a competition, race, election, etc.: He placed second in the World Championships. The only female candidate in the race placed fifth. Your tournament rating is determined by where you placed in your most recent competition games. [ I ] US (UK be placed) to be among the first three horses to finish a race, usually in second position : His six horses won several classes and placed in several more. be placed [ + adj ] UK to achieve a particular place in a competition, race, election, etc.: At 18, he was placed fifth in the Olympic high-jump final. The horse was placed third in its first race. Unfortunately, the company was placed last in the Customer Satisfaction Survey. He said he was elated after being placed first. UK (US place) to be among the first three horses to finish a race: They have to choose which horse they think will win or be placed.

Idiom

how are you placed for...? (Definition of place from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

place | American Dictionary

placenoun us /pleɪs/

place noun (AREA)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] an area, a building, or a city, town, or village: Airports are usually busy places. Larchmont is a nice place to live. [ C ] Your place is your home: We can meet at my place. [ C ] A place is also an area or building used for a specific purpose: a place of worship

place noun (POSITION)

[ C ] a particular position: That’s the best place for the piano. The librarian put the book back in its place (= in the right position). [ C ] A place is also a space for a person, as in a theater, at a table, or in a line: Will you hold my place in line for a minute? in place If plans are in place, they have been made: I think everything’s in place for the wedding. in place In place can also be used to talk about something that is being used now: The new building code will replace the rules that are currently in place.

place noun (RANK)

[ C ] the rank someone or something has: Our team finished in second place.

place noun (JOB)

[ C ] a job, or a position in an organization, at a school, etc.: Ann just got a place at Yale.

place noun (DUTY)

[ U ] a person’s duty or position of authority: [ + to infinitive ] It’s not your place to tell me what to do.

Idiom

trade places (with someone) placeverb us /pleɪs/

place verb (RECOGNIZE)

[ T ] to recognize someone or something because of memory or past experience: She looks familiar, but I can’t place her.

place verb (PUT)

[ T ] to put someone in a situation: They placed him in a nursing home. She was placed under arrest.

place verb (INVEST)

[ T ] to invest or risk money: They placed a significant amount in stocks.

place verb (GIVE)

[ T ] to arrange to get something by telling someone who will supply it: I placed an order for three CDs. (Definition of place from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

place | Business English

placeverb [ T ] uk /pleɪs/ us Add to word list Add to word list to do the things necessary to make something happen: place an advertisement/order Orders can be placed by phone or via the website. The President placed calls to several world leaders to discuss the crisis. STOCK MARKET, FINANCE to find buyers for shares when they are made available for sale: place sth with sth Brokers BZW place shares in the company with various institutional investors. HR to find a job for someone to do for a short period so that they can get some work experience: The college placed him with a software firm for a month. placenoun [ C ] uk /pleɪs/ us an area, building, room, etc. that is used for a particular purpose: Trade fairs and exhibitions remain a common meeting place for retail buyers and suppliers. He qualified for redundancy on the basis that the new hours and place of work would be a change to his terms and conditions. in place done and ready to be used: The details of the deal aren't in place yet. in sb's place instead of someone else: When her manager fell ill, she was asked to attend the sales conference in his place. be going places to behave or work in a way that shows you will soon become successful: Although it was a young company, it was obvious that it was going places. take place to happen: The handover to the new owners will take place in July. The historic meeting took place in New York. (Definition of place from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of place

place An issue would be placed on the ballot if a large number of voters from around the country signed a petition. From the Cambridge English Corpus A lack of data has forced this research to defer any examination of the types of investments into which funds are placed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Treatment placed a heavy burden on family including children and spouses. From the Cambridge English Corpus I have seen blood-films and determined the tick from many different places where the disease has been recorded. From the Cambridge English Corpus The relative contributions of each of the constraints placed on the current data are at present unknown. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our sample was, therefore, more representative of patients placed on an order and less subject to referral or selection bias. From the Cambridge English Corpus An initial model was run simultaneously for the three age groups without constraints placed on the model parameters. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, the ventral prefrontal cortex has been placed in both nodes in our model. From the Cambridge English Corpus A grounding electrode was placed on a prepared site over the left mastoid. From the Cambridge English Corpus Category-specific information processing takes places within 150 ms after stimulus onset. From the Cambridge English Corpus The ethanol is placed in the indoor lower corridor and the acetone in the upper corridor. From the Cambridge English Corpus Furthermore, the communication places, like can, become open places. From the Cambridge English Corpus We start relating strings and nets by looking at sets of places as alphabets and at families as strings on such alphabets. From the Cambridge English Corpus Inherited attributes are placed on the left side of each node. From the Cambridge English Corpus What meetings for theatre can be, however, are places of affirmation for those so inclined. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of place These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with place

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appointed placePorters would then gather at the appointed place. From the Cambridge English Corpus better placeParents expressed comfort in believing the child will be in a better place after dying. From the Cambridge English Corpus burial placeThe tomb, the burial place, was the site where the dead bodies of men were to be found. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with place What is the pronunciation of place?

Translations of place

in Chinese (Traditional) 地區, 地方, 場所… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 地区, 地方, 场所… See more in Spanish lugar, casa, sitio… See more in Portuguese lugar, casa, colocar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian जागा, घर, ठिकाण / जागा… See more 場所, 箇所, 家… See more yer, mahal, konum… See more endroit [masculine], maison [feminine], place [feminine]… See more lloc, indret, casa… See more plaats, plek, ruimte… See more ஒரு பகுதி, நகரம், கட்டிடம் போன்றவை.… See more स्थान, जगह, स्थल… See more સ્થળ, જગ્યા, ઘર… See more sted, plads, -sted… See more plats, ställe, rum… See more tempat, tempat kosong, pasar… See more der Ort, der Platz, die Stelle… See more plass [masculine], sted [neuter], posisjon [masculine]… See more جگہ, مقام, مکان… See more місце, плоа, сидіння… See more చోటు, చోటు/ఇల్లు, ఇతర విషయాలు లేదా వ్యక్తులతో పోల్చుకునే ఒక స్థానం… See more স্থান, একটি এলাকা, শহর… See more místo, sedadlo, stránka… See more tempat, ruang kosong, bangunan… See more สถานที่, ที่ว่าง, ทำเลหรืออาคาร… See more nơi, khoảng trống, toà nhà hay khu vực dùng cho một mục đích cụ thể… See more miejsce, dom, mieszkanie… See more 장소, (개인의) 집, (기차 등에서의) 자리… See more luogo, posto, casa… See more Need a translator?

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  • place mat
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  • no place
  • place card
  • place-kick
  • place name
  • place value
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  • pop in/into (somewhere) phrasal verb
  • burst in/into (somewhere) phrasal verb
  • come by (somewhere) phrasal verb
  • drop by (somewhere) phrasal verb
  • go round (somewhere) phrasal verb
  • hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb
  • keep to somewhere phrasal verb
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  • trade places (with someone) idiom
  • in place phrase
  • take place phrase
  • take place idiom
  • happy place idiom
  • in place of someone/something phrase
  • in a ... place idiom
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  • English   
    • Noun 
      • place (AREA)
      • place (POSITION)
      • take place
      • out of place
      • in place
      • in place of someone/something
      • take the place of someone/something
      • place (DUTY)
    • Verb 
      • place (POSITION)
      • place an advertisement, bet, order, etc.
      • place emphasis, importance, etc. on something
      • place (RECOGNIZE)
      • place (ACHIEVE POSITION)
      • be placed
  • American   
    • Noun 
      • place (AREA)
      • place (POSITION)
      • in place
      • in place
      • place (RANK)
      • place (JOB)
      • place (DUTY)
    • Verb 
      • place (RECOGNIZE)
      • place (PUT)
      • place (INVEST)
      • place (GIVE)
  • Business   Verb
    • Noun 
      • place
      • in place
      • in sb's place
      • be going places
      • take place
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