Synonyms for marketplace


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahr-kit-pleys
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɑr kɪtˌpleɪs


Définition of marketplace

Origin :
  • late 14c., "place where a market is held," from market (n.) + place (n.). Figurative use is from 1942.
  • noun shopping place
Example sentences :
  • As he approached the city he heard a great noise in the marketplace.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • In the marketplace, the excitement and buzz of conversation were at their highest.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • He had come back to it, heartsick of his idols of the marketplace.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • A marketplace noise smote the air; the hall was crowded and suffocating.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • We are needed there, to judge by that angry crowd in the marketplace.
  • Extract from : « Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia » by Andrew Lang
  • The polling booth was erected in the centre of the marketplace.
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Every Greek city had its agora, or marketplace, as every Roman city had its forum.
  • Extract from : « Vistas in Sicily » by Arthur Stanley Riggs
  • However this may be, there is a monument to him in the marketplace of Asiatic Magnesia.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Peloponnesian War » by Thucydides
  • Many are waiting in the marketplace, their souls full of fear.
  • Extract from : « Jeremiah » by Stefan Zweig
  • All are to make ready for the journey and are to assemble in the marketplace.
  • Extract from : « Jeremiah » by Stefan Zweig

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