noun
This looks like a nice place for a picnic. She likes to see a place for everything and everything in its place
She comes from some place near Glasgow
Angela was just saying how difficult it is today to find a servant who knows his place
It is scarcely my place to remind you of your appointments with the dentist
Is there a chance of my earning a place in your new company?
Why not stop by my place for tea on Sunday?
As I cannot go, would you go in place of me?
Put yourself in my place and I think you would have done exactly the same
Kevin, please take your place at the head of the table
That boy will go places one day
Compassion is out of place when dealing with war criminals
Aunt Agatha used to put Uncle Wilfred in his place by reminding him who held the purse-strings
We shall never know what took place behind those locked doors
in place
I don't think it in place for you to tell me what to do
Is everything in place for tonight's party?
verb
Place the forks on the left and the knives on the right. They placed guards at the door of my room
She places love of family above love of country. Critics place him among the best writers of the century
I just can't place her for the moment. He finally placed me with those who had ragged him at school
People place too much importance on material things
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