place

noun, verb

Definition: A particular position, point, or area in space; a location

Example: The couple chose a quiet place in the park for their picnic.

French: lieu
German: Ort
Italian: luogo
Spanish: lugar

Etymology

From Old French "place", from Latin "platea", meaning "broad street"

Synonyms

spot, site, position

Collocates for 'place'

this •, • where, first •, took •, take •, taken •, that •, into •, • that, your •, • with, taking •, their •, same •, hiding •, • like, takes •, good •, some •, right •, • called, another •, other •, whole •, safe •, • between, better •, • before, • they, second •, proper •, • from, • when, from •, • which, best •, • among, wrong •, resting •, • would, • here, • there, meeting •, last •, nice •, • without, public •, • them, every •, special •

Frequency and 5grams for English word 'place'

131 place (n, vb) 0,06783%
NOUN 0,05504% place: 0,04792% in a place like this, to the place where the, from one place to another, to take the place of, here in the first place, places: 0,00711% in all the right (wrong) places, places and incidents are either, in two places at once, places and incidents either are, be in two places at
VERB 0,01279% place: 0,00192%, and place it on (in) the, but he could not place [it], but I could not place [it], to place it on (in) the, could not quite place it, places: 0,00051%, and places it on the, placed: 0,00908%, and placed it on the [table], and placed it in the, and placed them on the, placed her hand on his, placed his hand on the, placing: 0,00128%, and placing it on the [table], placing her (a) hand on his, placing his hand on the, and placing them on the, placing his hands on her

Words containing lemma 'place' in its full form

placebo
replace
anyplace
displace
misplace
placenta
unplaced
displaced
fireplace
misplaced
placeless
placement
placentae
someplace
workplace
birthplace
complacent
everyplace
commonplace
complacency
emplacement
marketplace
placeholder
placekicker
replaceable
replacement
well-placed
complacently
displacement
outplacement
placentation
uncomplacent
irreplaceable
self-complacent