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  • 31place — 1 (C) PLACE, POSITION, OR AREA 1 POINT/POSITION a) any area, point, or position in space: This is the place where the accident happened. | Make sure you keep it in a safe place. | We kept moving from place to place. | The whole place was covered… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32place — placeable, adj. placeless, adj. placelessly, adv. /plays/, n., v., placed, placing. n. 1. a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent. 2. space in general: time and place. 3. the specific portion of space normally… …

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  • 33Place — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Place 2 Patronyme 3 Voir aussi …

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  • 34place — The marketing of new securities, usually through sales to institutional investors. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: float. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. place place 1 [pleɪs] verb [transitive] …

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  • 35Place — A place is a location in space.Place may refer to: *Place (mathematics), an equivalence relation defined on absolute values of an integral domain or field *Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population **Census… …

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  • 36place — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, open space, from Latin platea broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), from feminine of platys broad, flat; akin to Sanskrit pṛthu broad, Latin planta sole of the foot Date: 13th century 1. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37place — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lieu, spot, point; niche, nook, hole; premises, precinct, station; locality; somewhere, someplace, anyplace; situation. v. t. locate, identify; arrange; put, repose; employ, engage. See abode,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38place — dis·place; dis·place·able; em·place; em·place·ment; im·place·ment; mis·place; place; place·able; place·less; place·man; place·ment; re·place; re·place·abil·i·ty; re·place·able; re·place·ment; trans·place; la·place; dis·place·ment;… …

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  • 39place — noun 1》 a particular position or point in space; a location.     ↘informal a person s home.     ↘a point in a book reached by a reader at a particular time. 2》 a portion of space available or designated for someone.     ↘a vacancy or available… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40place — {{11}}place (n.) c.1200, space, dimensional extent, room, area, from O.Fr. place and directly from M.L. placea place, spot, from L. platea courtyard, open space, broad street, from Gk. plateia (hodos) broad (way), fem. of platys broad, from PIE… …

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