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Synonyms for placed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pleys
Phonetic Transcription : pleɪs

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Définition of placed

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.
  • adj established
Example sentences :
  • The captain rose as if to hinder him, but Bunsby placed his hand upon his arm.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The ancient priest who drew it must have placed it there for a definite purpose.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • It was brought—but, by order of the huissier, only one knife was placed on the table.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • His name had not been placed in nomination until the 35th polling of the delegates.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Something, however, may be effected by the means which they have placed in my hands.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • In his reply he placed, point by point, the answers in the scales along with his own accusations.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • A great Liberal majority was returned to Parliament, which was placed at 115.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He was placed upon a sofa in the dining-room from which he never moved.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • It was too dark to see a signal if one had been placed for him in the usual manner.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Thus I was placed in the crucible for further refinement and regeneration.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
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