PLACED Synonyms: 256 Similar and Opposite Words

placed

verb

Definition of placed next

past tense of place

as in situated

to arrange something in a certain spot or position he carefully placed the flowers in a vase

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as in classified

to arrange or assign according to type I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride

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as in estimated

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood

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as in ranked

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes placed second in the competition

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as in appointed

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division

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as in introduced

to present or bring forward for discussion once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council

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as in employed

to provide with a paying job most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions

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Recent Examples of placed The next night, Weathermen placed plastic coffee cups filled with black powder under the hoods of police squad cars across Chicago. —

Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026 Quintal, who was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries along with Wilson, was placed on workers’ comp leave. —

Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 The most optimistic forecast put them middle-of-the-pack at 15th while most others placed them somewhere in the 20s. —

Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026 The woman refused any more information and was placed in the women’s ward. —

Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026 Two historic bronze plaques placed at the entrance of the cemetery were stolen. —

Paul Burton, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 The machine itself was placed inside a device that uses constant rotation to simulate microgravity. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026 Two years later, in 1992, the question was placed on a referendum where voters overwhelmingly approved it 62% to 38%. —

William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2026 His first game was at West Bromwich Albion, where Kinnear was taken ill at the team hotel, leading to Chris Hughton being placed in temporary charge. —

Stuart James, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026

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For now, Wharton and Bobby Brown will be situated next to Derrick Brown in the starting lineup.

— Mike Kaye March 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
The property is situated on a lot spanning 6,000 square feet.

— Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026