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noun

plural of place
1
as in locations
the area or space occupied by or intended for something the place chosen for the picnic there's the place where I left my umbrella

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as in facilities
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business we're going to our favorite place to eat

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3
as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department

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as in roles
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists knew his place in the organization

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as in residences
the place where one lives they have a nice little place in the country

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as in levels
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement came in fourth place in the marathon

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as in niches
a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited with skills largely limited to those honed from endless hours of video games, he was having a hard time finding a place in the business world

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as in stages
an individual part of a process, series, or ranking well, in the first place, you shouldn't even be here

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places

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verb

present tense third-person singular of place
1
as in situates
to arrange something in a certain spot or position he carefully placed the flowers in a vase

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as in ranks
to arrange or assign according to type I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride

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as in estimates
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood

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as in is
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes placed second in the competition

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as in names
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division

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as in introduces
to present or bring forward for discussion once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council

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as in recruits
to provide with a paying job most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions

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Recent Examples of places
Noun
There were places in the UK that banned it, councils that refused to allow it to be played. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Expanding the use of climate-friendly geothermal energy near places such as the Salton Sea and Sonoma and Modoc counties. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 At a time when Chinese lending is dwindling in many places, Gulf states are filling the void. — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026 They got stranded, lost control of plans, and figured out how to navigate unfamiliar places with each other. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 These are the places where you’re forced to learn fast because the solution is not there. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026 One of the best places to enjoy the foliage in the Asheville area is the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile marvel through Appalachia that can often seem like one long scenic drive. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Polymarket is one of the places—perhaps the only one—that question is being answered in practice. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The list consists of artist who are definitely making their mark in today’s current pop music world, carving out their places in the spotlight. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
The design places blue-light hardware in a toothbrush format. — Advertorial, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 Published in 2007, the novel once again places Yunior as narrator of most of the story. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 When a congressional is received on any matter, that places it on top of an in-box and requires timely action. — Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 This places the light on a more sensitive part of your retina and can make faint objects easier to see. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2026 He was selected in 2021 for a science and technology policy fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which places scientists and engineers in federal government positions to help with policymaking. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 For a more restrained take, Simon Miller places fringe along a mini hem, and Ulla Johnson works it into the bodice for a more unexpected finish. — Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026 Repeating that process places significant stress on components, increasing operational and capital costs due to the risk of failure, maintenance requirements and downtime. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 The project is envisioned as a choose-your-own-adventure experience that places audiences inside Sunshine’s world, expanding the film’s questions around agency, complicity, and choice beyond the screen. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for places
  1. locations
  2. facilities
  3. positions
  4. roles
  5. residences
  6. levels
  7. niches
  8. stages
Noun
  • The island becoms a military node Keen Sword will also establish a joint coordination center at the Yonaguni garrison, where Japanese and US forces will conduct island-defense exercises and coordinate with equipment deployed at other locations.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis launched one of their biggest attacks since hostilities restarted on Thursday, attacking across at least 20 locations.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of locations
Noun
  • Doubts in facilities management Now, CDE employees say their concerns extend beyond bedbugs to how their headquarters are maintained overall.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The service is intended to provide a more streamlined travel experience, including access to private terminals rather than crowded commercial airport facilities.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of facilities
Noun
  • Specifically at Mercy Medical Center, the statement said, there are twice as many open full-time positions for the 16 full-time RNs being impacted, and that across Prime’s Illinois hospitals, there are 331 openings, including 11 in obstetrics.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • There could be intense competition for backup minutes with logjams at multiple positions.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • Marjoe Gortner, who achieved fame as a child evangelist before pivoting to an acting career that included roles in the 1974 film Earthquake and the 1980s primetime soap Falcon Crest, died October 2 from heart complications in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The result is a rogues’ gallery of Murphy regulars reprising multiple roles, including Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, and Jessica Lange.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of roles
Noun
  • With just 47 residences, the building is very much aimed at the trophy-home crowd, offering expansive terraces and views over the Mediterranean.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On the south side, Building B would have 90 residences; Building C would have 75; and Building D would have 73.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of residences
Noun
  • Beijing envisions a comprehensive AI education system that spans all levels of schooling and extends to the broader public.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and turned soil into the first terrestrial carbon sinks.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of levels
Noun
  • There, trenches, benches, niches and other architectural devices are carved into the floor and walls—adding to the drama of the paintings covering the walls.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches.
    — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of niches
Noun
  • But a new study found that most cases of colorectal cancer in kids and teenagers are aggressive, and often diagnosed at advanced stages.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Such direct observations can be detailed, but they are often limited to near-coastal regions and unevenly distributed, while many of the most important stages of hurricane development occur over the open ocean where direct observations are sparse.
    — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of stages

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“Places.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/places. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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