place
An area; somewhere within an area.
Noun 4 meanings
An area; somewhere within an area.
A location or position in space.
“I'll check places I think she might be.”
Proper or usual position.
“A place for everything, and everything in its place.”
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
“I lost my place when you interrupted me.”
Verb 4 meanings
To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
“He placed the glass on the table.”
To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
“The Cowboys placed third in the league.”
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
“I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.”
To vouch for someone's alibi.
“The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.”
Etymology
From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platēa (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”).
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PLACE at a glance
PLACE has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + A 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #175 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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