place
place
pleÉĒs
pleis
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "place"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ,āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž, a space or area

the part of space where someone or something is or they should be
place definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm excited to explore new places on my vacation.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ.
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

a specific location on the earth's surface, often used in mapping
place definition and meaning
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

a home or living space someone regards as their own
place definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They invited us over to their new place for dinner last night.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϏāύ, āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
place definition and meaning
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āϚāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ 

a public square with room for pedestrians
place definition and meaning
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

any area set aside for a particular purpose
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

an abstract mental location
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

a general vicinity
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āĻĒāĻĻ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

a particular situation
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āĻĒāĻĻ, āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ

a job in an organization
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āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝ

the passage that is being read
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āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž

a blank area
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

an item on a list or in a sequence
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

proper or appropriate position or location
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

a small street or a square in a town, often with houses around it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new bakery is located on the corner of the place.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

(in sports or competitions) a rank or position someone finishes in based on performance or time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was disappointed with his third place after leading most of the race.
āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to lay or put something somewhere
Transitive: to place sth somewhere
to place definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat likes to place itself near the window to bask in the sunlight.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āχ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧋āĻĻ āĻĒā§‹āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to assign a rank, position, or category based on an assessment, comparison, or standard
Complex Transitive: to place sb/sth [adj] | to place sb/sth at a rank
to place definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judges placed him third in the competition due to his impressive performance.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to guide or position an object or individual to a specific location or position
Transitive: to place sth somewhere
to place definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The firefighter placed the nozzle directly at the base of the flames to extinguish the fire more effectively.
āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĢāĻžāχāϟāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧁āύāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāϜāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to commit financial resources in a particular venture or opportunity
Transitive: to place financial resources in a venture
to place definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He placed his savings in a high-yield investment fund to secure future returns.
āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āϰāĻŋāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ-āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to put or cause someone to be in a particular position or location, especially for a specific purpose or function
Complex Transitive: to place sb/sth on a state | to place sb/sth under a state
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge placed the witness under oath before they testified in court.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āϕ⧇ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finish in a particular rank or position among competitors in a contest
Linking Verb: to place [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The horse raced well and eventually placed first in the Kentucky Derby.
āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange or execute an order, bet, reservation, or similar commitment
Transitive: to place an order or commitment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The customer placed an order for a custom-made suit with the tailor, specifying the fabric and style.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŽ-āĻŽā§‡āĻĄ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to evaluate or rank something based on importance or priority
Complex Transitive: to place sth above sth | to place sth over sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many corporations place shareholder returns over employee well-being.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§‹āϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻšā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻŋāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻ–-āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to recognize and recall individuals, objects, or information
Transitive: to place sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Even with the passage of time, she could still place the melody from her childhood.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assign a value to something
Transitive: to place a value or rate at a specific number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meteorologist placed the likelihood of rain tomorrow at 60 %.
āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž 60% āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange or secure a suitable living situation or job opportunity for someone
Transitive: to place sb in a position or situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After months of searching, she was finally placed in a managerial role at a multinational corporation.
āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§‹āϰ⧇āĻļāύ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϏāĻžāύ⧋

to produce a sound that aligns accurately with the intended musical tone
Transitive: to place a note
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During vocal training, students are taught techniques to help them place notes accurately.
āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύ⧋āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assign or designate someone to a particular role or position of authority
Transitive: to place sb as a role or position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The university administration placed Professor Thompson as the head of the Physics Department.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧇āϏāϰ āĻĨāĻŽā§āĻĒāϏāύāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finish in the second position in a competitive event
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gymnast placed in the all-around competition, showcasing her versatility and skill.
āϜāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϞ-āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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