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place  

EN[pleɪs]
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  • Place est un nom commun ou un nom propre qui peut se référer à :
  • NomPLplacesSUF-ace
    1. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
      1. Here is the place appointed.
      2. Ay, sir, the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place [ …]
      3. They live in Westminster Place. ‎
      4. He is going back to his native place on vacation. ‎
      5. We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places. ‎
      6. Do you want to come over to my place later? ‎
    2. A frame of mind.
      1. I'm in a strange place at the moment. ‎
    3. (social) A position, a responsibility.
      1. It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case. ‎
      2. We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place. ‎
      3. to win a bet on a horse for place
      4. He lost his place in the national team. ‎
    4. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
      1. three decimal places;  the hundreds place ‎
    5. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
      1. That's what I said in the first place! ‎
    6. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
    7. VerbeSGplacesPRplacingPT, PPplaced
      1. VT To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
        1. 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.
      2. VI To earn a given spot in a competition.
        1. The Cowboys placed third in the league. ‎
      3. VT To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
        1. I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where. ‎
      4. VT (in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
        1. Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race. ‎
      5. VT To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
        1. VT To arrange for or to make (a bet).
          1. I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls. ‎
        2. VT To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
          1. They phoned hoping to place her in the management team. ‎
        3. (sports) VT To place-kick (a goal).
        4. Plus d'exemples
          1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
            • People believed that the werewolves, or werehyenas, which they called buda, were too strong in those places to permit safe habitation by human beings.
            • [ …] the chaoush informed us, in a solemn and important manner, that we were now approaching to the places where the Turcomans generally lie in wait for caravans, [ …]
            • If you can't find another place to crash, you can stay the night at mine if you like
          2. Utilisé au début de la phrase
            • Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so). ‎
            • Place the plaque of conical molds, pointed side down, onto clean, empty, cardboard egg crates to support the molds so that they stand perfectly vertical.
            • Placing his hand on the doorknob he could hear his father's indignant voice: "If he's no job he can damn well sling his hook, he's not living under my roof free gratis, I want him out."
          3. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
            • His quips at the party aimed to put the CEO in his place.
            • There is not only an unhousedness in language — how to convey, to say nothing of converge — but an unhousedness of place.
            • I tripped over the wire when modifying the source code of a computer program because the unusual code that I straightened out was intentionally put in place.

        Meaning of place for the defined word.

        Grammaticalement, ce mot "place" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable. C'est aussi un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un verbes intransitif et un verbes transitif.
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          1. Noms
            • Noms Dénombrable
            • Verbes
              • Verbes intransitifs
                • Verbes transitifs
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