place

Significado

Noun

1. An area; somewhere within an area.
2. An area; somewhere within an area.
3. An area; somewhere within an area.
4. An area; somewhere within an area.
5. An area; somewhere within an area.
6. An area; somewhere within an area.
7. An area; somewhere within an area.
8. (slang) An area; somewhere within an area.
9. (obsolete) An area; somewhere within an area.
10. A location or position in space.
11. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
12. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
13. (obsolete) A topic.
14. A state of mind.
15. (obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
16. A responsibility or position in an organization.
17. A responsibility or position in an organization.
18. A responsibility or position in an organization.
19. A responsibility or position in an organization.
20. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
21. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
22. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
23. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

Verb

1. To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
2. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
3. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
4. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
5. To vouch for someone's alibi.
6. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
7. To make.
8. To bet.
9. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
10. To place-kick (a goal).
11. To assign (more or less value) to something.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pleɪs/

Etimología

From Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“to spread”), extended form of *pleh₂- (“flat”). Displaced native Old English stōw, stede, and -ern. Compare also English pleck (“plot of ground”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot, location”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”). Doublet of piatza, piazza, and plaza.

Oraciones

I was just in town earlier this year , so it is kind of crazy to think about what took place right after .

Estaba en la ciudad a principios de este año, por lo que es una locura pensar en lo que sucedió justo después.

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .

Así que no había presión para demoler edificios antiguos para poner nuevos en su lugar.