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noun

plural of place
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as in locations
the area or space occupied by or intended for something the place chosen for the picnic there's the place where I left my umbrella

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as in facilities
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business we're going to our favorite place to eat

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as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department

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as in roles
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists knew his place in the organization

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as in residences
the place where one lives they have a nice little place in the country

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as in levels
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement came in fourth place in the marathon

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as in niches
a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited 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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as in stages
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking well, in the first place, you shouldn't even be here

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places

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verb

present tense third-person singular of place
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as in situates
to arrange something in a certain spot or position he carefully placed the flowers in a vase

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as in ranks
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 estimates
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 is
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 names
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 introduces
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 recruits
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 places
Noun
Polymarket is one of the places—perhaps the only one—that question is being answered in practice. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Food, in many places all over the world, is the language of love, and what better way to experience travel than through local ingredients and dishes? — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 Experts say flood maps need reform In many places, FEMA’s flood maps don’t do a good job of capturing the extent of severe flood risk. — Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The list consists of artist who are definitely making their mark in today’s current pop music world, carving out their places in the spotlight. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026 In both places, his extensive library of 18th- and 19th-century architecture books were housed in a glass box set off from the rest of the space on an upper floor, which was devoted to living and sleeping, with lower floors designed as art studios. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026 And between 2010 and 2024, when the Conservatives were in power and cut funding to public services following the 2008 financial crisis, just 500 net prison places were created. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 The places with the biggest insurance gaps are those where heavy precipitation flooding occurs away from large water bodies, said Jeremy Porter, the chief economist at First Street, a part of finance company MSCI. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Adrià describes a world filtered through adolescence, where people, places and situations can appear idealized, magical or unsettling. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
This places the light on a more sensitive part of your retina and can make faint objects easier to see. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The footwear brand places a strong emphasis on spotlighting other designers. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 He was selected in 2021 for a science and technology policy fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which places scientists and engineers in federal government positions to help with policymaking. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 For a more restrained take, Simon Miller places fringe along a mini hem, and Ulla Johnson works it into the bodice for a more unexpected finish. — Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026 Repeating that process places significant stress on components, increasing operational and capital costs due to the risk of failure, maintenance requirements and downtime. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 The project is envisioned as a choose-your-own-adventure experience that places audiences inside Sunshine’s world, expanding the film’s questions around agency, complicity, and choice beyond the screen. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026 The 2024 juvenile justice lawsuit, which an advocacy group and multiple unnamed youth in the system filed against DCS, argued that the department places youth in facilities that are more punitive than rehabilitative. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026 The encounter raised questions about enforcement of the state’s Trust Act, which places limits on immigration enforcement activities at Connecticut courthouses and bans the use of masks by law enforcement. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for places
  1. locations
  2. facilities
  3. positions
  4. roles
  5. residences
  6. levels
  7. niches
  8. stages
Noun
  • The island becoms a military node Keen Sword will also establish a joint coordination center at the Yonaguni garrison, where Japanese and US forces will conduct island-defense exercises and coordinate with equipment deployed at other locations.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis launched one of their biggest attacks since hostilities restarted on Thursday, attacking across at least 20 locations.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of locations
Noun
  • Doubts in facilities management Now, CDE employees say their concerns extend beyond bedbugs to how their headquarters are maintained overall.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The service is intended to provide a more streamlined travel experience, including access to private terminals rather than crowded commercial airport facilities.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of facilities
Noun
  • Specifically at Mercy Medical Center, the statement said, there are twice as many open full-time positions for the 16 full-time RNs being impacted, and that across Prime’s Illinois hospitals, there are 331 openings, including 11 in obstetrics.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • There could be intense competition for backup minutes with logjams at multiple positions.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • Jenson previously held roles at companies such as including Amazon and Delta Air Lines.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Female athlete advocates warn that allowing biological males into women's divisions steals roster spots, playing time, and leadership roles from actual women.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of roles
Noun
  • With just 47 residences, the building is very much aimed at the trophy-home crowd, offering expansive terraces and views over the Mediterranean.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On the south side, Building B would have 90 residences; Building C would have 75; and Building D would have 73.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of residences
Noun
  • Beijing envisions a comprehensive AI education system that spans all levels of schooling and extends to the broader public.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and turned soil into the first terrestrial carbon sinks.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of levels
Noun
  • There, trenches, benches, niches and other architectural devices are carved into the floor and walls—adding to the drama of the paintings covering the walls.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches.
    — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of niches
Noun
  • But a new study found that most cases of colorectal cancer in kids and teenagers are aggressive, and often diagnosed at advanced stages.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Such direct observations can be detailed, but they are often limited to near-coastal regions and unevenly distributed, while many of the most important stages of hurricane development occur over the open ocean where direct observations are sparse.
    — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Places.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/places. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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