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[ Etymology

From Old English plæce (“‘open space’”), from French place, from Latin platea (“‘plaza, wide street’”), from Greek πλατεία (plateía), from πλατύς (platýs), “‘wide, broad’”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: plās, IPA: /pleɪs/, SAMPA: /pleIs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

[ Homophones

• plaice

[ Noun

place (plural places)

1. An open space, courtyard, market square.
2. A group of houses.

   They live in Westminster Place.

3. A location or position.
4. A region of a land.

   He is going back to his native place on vacation.

5. Somewhere for a person to sit.

   We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.

6. A frame of mind.

   I'm in a strange place at the moment.

7. (informal) A house or home.

   Do you want to come over to my place later?

8. A role or purpose; a station.

   It is really not my place to say what is right and wrong in this case.

9. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

   three decimal places

   the hundreds place

[ Synonyms

• (open space, courtyard, market square): courtyard, piazza, plaza, square
• (location): location, position, situation, spot
• (somewhere to sit): seat
• (frame of mind): frame of mind, mindset, mood

[ Derived terms

• abiding place
• all over the place
• decimal place
• dwelling place
• hiding place
• in the first place
• out of place
• place of articulation
• place of decimals
• place card
• place-kick
• place mat
• place name
• resting place
• sticking-place
• the other place
• to give place
• to place on a pedestal
• to take place
• workplace

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