place

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noun

1 particular position/area

ADJECTIVE

▪ convenient, good, great, ideal, perfect

▪ horrible, terrible

▪

It was a terrible place to live.

▪ dangerous, safe

▪

Keep your purse in a safe place.

▪ appropriate, right, suitable

▪

I happened to be in the right place at the right time.

▪ wrong

▪ beautiful, nice

▪

It's a nice place you've got here.

▪ interesting

▪ busy, crowded

▪ peaceful, quiet

▪ strange

▪ faraway, godforsaken, out-of-the-way, remote

▪

trips to faraway places

▪ public

▪ gathering (esp. AmE), hiding, meeting, resting

VERB + PLACE

▪ mark

▪

I forgot to mark my place (= in a book).

▪ lose

▪

I've lost my place in the script.

PLACE + NOUN

▪ name

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the place, in a/the place

▪

We had dinner at a crowded place in Chelsea.

▪ in place

▪

It was held in place with tape.

▪

There will be rain in places.

▪ into place

▪

She tapped the lid into place.

▪ out of place

▪

Some of these files seem to be out of place.

PHRASES

▪ all over the place (= everywhere)

▪ no place, not the place

▪

This is not the place for an argument.

▪ sb's place of birth

▪

Please state your date and place of birth.

▪ sb's place of business, sb's place of work

▪ a place of learning, a place of worship

2 seat/position for sb/sth

VERB + PLACE

▪ sit (down) in, take

▪

We took our places around the table.

▪ go back to, return to

▪

The boy returned to his place

▪ keep (sb), save (sb)

▪ lose

▪

I lost my place in the queue. (BrE)

▪

I lost my place in line. (AmE)

▪ give up

▪ change, swap (esp. BrE), switch (esp. AmE)

▪

He changed places with me.

▪

He swapped places with me.

▪ show sb to

▪

She showed them to their places.

▪ lay (BrE), set

▪

I've set four places for dinner.

▪

I've laid four places for dinner.

PLACE + NOUN

▪ card, mat, setting

PHRASES

▪ the place of honour/honor

▪

He took the place of honour/honor on his hostess's right.

3 role/position/function

ADJECTIVE

▪ central, important, prominent

▪ special

▪

He holds a special place in her affections.

▪ proper, rightful

VERB + PLACE

▪ have, hold, occupy

▪

Housing occupied a prominent place in the discussions.

▪ secure

▪

His victory secured him a place in history.

▪ know

▪

She knows her place.

▪ forget

▪

I'm sorry—I was forgetting my place.

▪ restore sth to

▪

He has been restored to his rightful place in the community.

▪ put sb in

▪

At first he tried to take charge of the meeting but I soon put her in her place.

PREPOSITION

▪ place in

▪

Dance has a central place in their culture.

PHRASES

▪ it's not sb's place to

▪

It's not your place to correct her.

▪ a place in history

▪

a statesman who is assured a place in history

4 opportunity to play for a team, etc.

VERB + PLACE

▪ get

▪ offer sb

▪ lose

PREPOSITION

▪ place on

▪

He lost his place on the team. (esp. AmE)

▪

He lost his place in the team. (esp. BrE)

5 (BrE) opportunity to study at a college, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ college, nursery, school, university

VERB + PLACE

▪ get, win

▪ award sb, offer sb

PREPOSITION

▪ place at, place in

▪

He was awarded a place at Leeds University.

▪ place on

▪

She got a place on the French course.

6 sb's position at the end of a race, competition, etc.

VERB + PLACE

▪ finish in, get, take

▪

She took third place.

PLACE + VERB

▪ go to sb

▪

Second place went to the Moroccan athlete.

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verb (often be placed)

ADVERB

▪ carefully, neatly

▪ randomly

▪

The books were placed randomly on the shelf.

▪ firmly

▪

She produced a long silver whistle and placed it firmly between her lips.

▪ delicately, gently, gingerly, lightly

▪ centrally, prominently

▪

The table was placed centrally.

▪ directly, squarely

▪

The blame was placed squarely on the doctor.

▪ conveniently, ideally (esp. BrE), perfectly, uniquely (esp. BrE), well

▪

The hotel is well placed for restaurants, bars and clubs.

▪

The company is perfectly placed to win the contract.

▪ highly

▪

highly placed officials in the government

▪ strategically

▪

There are candles strategically placed—in case we have another blackout.

▪ side by side

▪

The boots were neatly placed side by side.

VERB + PLACE

▪ attempt to, try to

PREPOSITION

▪ between, in, inside, on, over, under, etc.

▪

He placed the letter in a drawer.

▪

an attempt to place the question firmly back on the political agenda

Place is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑surgeon

Place is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accent, ↑ad, ↑advert, ↑advertisement, ↑ban, ↑beaker, ↑bet, ↑bid, ↑blame, ↑bomb, ↑bouquet, ↑box, ↑bulb, ↑burden, ↑call, ↑camera, ↑ceiling, ↑confidence, ↑constraint, ↑contract, ↑crown, ↑cup, ↑curse, ↑cursor, ↑demand, ↑elbow, ↑embargo, ↑emphasis, ↑faith, ↑focus, ↑foot, ↑hand, ↑hat, ↑hope, ↑importance, ↑kiss, ↑limit, ↑limitation, ↑moratorium, ↑notice, ↑order, ↑palm, ↑premium, ↑pressure, ↑reliance, ↑responsibility, ↑restriction, ↑sign, ↑skillet, ↑strain, ↑stress, ↑tray, ↑trust, ↑value, ↑weight, ↑wreath