- verbplacing (present participle)
- put in a particular position:"a newspaper had been placed beside my plate"
- cause to be in a particular situation:"enemy officers were placed under arrest" · "you are not placing yourself under any obligation"
- used to express the attitude someone has toward someone or something:"I am not able to place any trust in you"
- (be placed)used to indicate the degree of advantage or convenience enjoyed by someone or something as a result of their position or circumstances:"the company is well placed to seize the opportunity"
- find a home or employment for:"the children were placed with foster parents" · "the agency had placed 3,000 people in full-time jobs"
- dispose of (something, especially shares) by selling to a customer:"the shares were placed last November"
- arrange for the recognition and implementation of (an order, bet, etc.):"they placed a contract for three boats"
- order or obtain a connection for (a phone call) through an operator:"she placed a call to her husband to break the news"
- identify or classify as being of a specified type or as holding a specified position in a sequence or hierarchy:"a survey placed the company 13th for achievement"
- remember where one has seen or how one comes to recognize (someone or something):"she eventually said she couldn't place him"
- BRITISH ENGLISH(be placed)achieve a specified position in a race:"he was placed eleventh in the long individual race"
- be among the first three in a race (or the first three or four in the UK):"he won three times and placed three times"
OriginOld English plaece, from Latin platea ‘open space’, from Greek plateia (hodos) ‘broad (way)’; subsequently reinforced by Old French place.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- put in a particular position:
- find a home or employment for:
- identify or classify as being of a specified type or as holding a specified position in a sequence or hierarchy:
- remember where one has seen or how one comes to recognize (someone or something):
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.placed; placing transitive verb 1 a : to put in or as if in a particular place or position : setwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/placingDefinition of placing present participle of place 1 as in putting to arrange something in a certain spot or position he carefully placed the flowers in a vasewww.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placingFrom Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English plac‧ing /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ noun [ countable] British English the position of someone or something in a competition or ordered list Hancock and Smith took the top two placings.www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/placing
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