Antonyms for place


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pleys
Phonetic Transcription : pleɪs


Definition of place

Origin :
  • c.1200, "space, dimensional extent, room, area," from Old French place "place, spot" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin placea "place, spot," from Latin platea "courtyard, open space; broad way, avenue," from Greek plateia (hodos) "broad (way)," fem. of platys "broad" (see plaice).
  • Replaced Old English stow and stede. From mid-13c. as "particular part of space, extent, definite location, spot, site;" from early 14c. as "position or place occupied by custom, etc.; position on some social scale;" from late 14c. as "inhabited place, town, country," also "place on the surface of something, portion of something, part," also, "office, post." Meaning "group of houses in a town" is from 1580s.
  • Also from the same Latin source are Italian piazza, Catalan plassa, Spanish plaza, Middle Dutch plaetse, Dutch plaats, German Platz, Danish plads, Norwegian plass. Wide application in English covers meanings that in French require three words: place, lieu, and endroit. Cognate Italian piazza and Spanish plaza retain more of the etymological sense.
  • To take place "happen" is from mid-15c. To know (one's) place is from c.1600; hence figurative expression put (someone) in his or her place (1855). Place of worship attested from 1689, originally in official papers and in reference to assemblies of dissenters from the Church of England. All over the place "in disorder" is attested from 1923.
  • noun location with purpose, function
  • noun position, rank
  • noun job, employment
  • noun duty, role
  • verb locate, situate
  • verb order, sort
  • verb identify, recognize
Example sentences :
  • He'll be gold-bricked if he wears 'em scrambled that way around this place.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They were fabled as seven sisters, and one lost her place in the sky by marrying a mortal.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The country was rapidly becoming, they agreed, no place for a gentleman to live.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Deigma—A place in the Piræus, corresponding to the modern Exchange.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He'd just taken it off the ticker when we found him in Fouts's place there.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He went round to the back door, where he thought it best, in the first place, to knock.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The more she thought of Robert's losing his place, the more unfortunate it seemed.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Now, how much better off should I have been if I had kept my place in the factory?
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • And I never dreamed of seeing her any place but New York again.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She says it's the only place fur folks with money, jest like you say.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Synonyms for place

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