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(Entry 1 of 2)
- the place chosen for the picnic
- there's the place where I left my umbrella
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- a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department
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- appointment,
- berth,
- billet,
- capacity,
- connection,
- function,
- job,
- position,
- post,
- situation
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- knew his place in the organization
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- they have a nice little place in the country
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- duplex,
- ranch,
- ranch house,
- saltbox,
- semi
- [chiefly British],
- split level,
- townhome,
- town house,
- tract house,
- triplex
- came in fourth place in the marathon
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- with skills largely limited to those honed from endless hours of video games, he was having a hard time finding a place in the business world
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of place (Entry 2 of 2)
- he carefully placed the flowers in a vase
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- I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride
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- assort,
- break down,
- categorize,
- class,
- classify,
- codify,
- compartment,
- compartmentalize,
- digest,
- distinguish,
- distribute,
- grade,
- group,
- peg,
- range,
- rank,
- relegate,
- separate,
- sort,
- type
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- I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood
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- placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division
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- once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council
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- most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions
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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
The Adverb: A Most Fascinating POS
The Adverb: A Most Fascinating POS
'POS' means "part of speech," obviously
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“Place.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/place. Accessed 26 Feb. 2020.
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The first known use of place was in the 13th century
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