place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: plās
ipa: /pleɪs/
ipa: [pl̥eɪs]
ipa: [pleːs]
homophone: plaice
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: places
form: placing
form: placed
form: placed
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form: glossary
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form: placest
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form: yplaced
form: pleace
Etymology: From Middle English placen, from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: He placed the glass on the table.
text: to place someone on a pedestal
text: His life vvas nigh vnto deaths dore yplaſte, / And thred-bare cote, and cobled ſhoes hee vvare, […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 28, page 53:
text: 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 and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter XIX, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—[…]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
synonyms: lay
lay down
put down
set down
deposit
have
set
glosses: To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
examples: text: The Cowboys placed third in the league.
text: Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.
glosses: To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
examples: text: In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
examples: text: I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
glosses: To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
examples: text: The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.
glosses: To vouch for someone's alibi.
synonyms: reach
glosses: To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
examples: text: We were all focused intently on the triangular conference call speaker in the middle of the table. President Trump's communications team was placing a call to President Volodymyr Zelenksy of Ukraine, and we were here to listen.
ref: 2021, Alexander S. Vindman, “Impeachable Offense”, in Here, Right Matters: An American Story, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
text: to place a call
text: to place an order
text: to place an ad in the newspaper
text: to place a bid
text: to place a bet
text: to place a wager
glosses: To make.
raw_tags: in collocations
examples: text: I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.
glosses: To bet.
examples: text: They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.
glosses: To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To place-kick (a goal).
examples: text: My workplace places a high premium on team spirit.
text: She places little value on religion.
glosses: To assign (more or less value) to something.
Synonyms: sense: to achieve a certain position
word: achieve
sense: to achieve a certain position
word: make
Derived terms: placement
well-placed