placing

place  (pls)

n.

1.

a. An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space.

b. Room or space, especially adequate space: There is place for everyone at the back of the room.

2.

a. The particular portion of space occupied by or allocated to a person or thing.

b. A building or an area set aside for a specified purpose: a place of worship.

3.

a. A dwelling; a house: bought a place on the lake.

b. A business establishment or office.

c. A locality, such as a town or city: visited many places.

4. Abbr. Pl. A public square or street with houses in a town.

5.

a. A space in which one person, such as a passenger or spectator, can sit or stand.

b. A setting for one person at a table.

6. A position regarded as belonging to someone or something else; stead: She was chosen in his place.

7. A particular point that one has reached, as in a book: I have lost my place.

8. A particular spot, as on the body: the place that hurts.

9.

a. The proper or designated role or function: the place of the media in a free society.

b. The proper or customary position or order: These books are out of place.

c. A suitable setting or occasion: not the place to argue.

d. The appropriate right or duty: not her place to criticize.

10. Social station: He overstepped his place.

11. A particular situation or circumstance: Put yourself in my place.

12. High rank or status.

13. A job, post, or position: found a place in the company.

14. Relative position in a series; standing.

15. Games Second position for betting purposes, as in a horserace.

16. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument: in the first place.

17. Mathematics A position in a numeral or series.

v. placed, plac·ing, plac·es

v.tr.

1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.

2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.

3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.

4. To find accommodation or employment for.

5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.

6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.

7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.

8.

a. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.

b. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.

9. To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.

10.

a. To give an order for: place a bet.

b. To apply or arrange for: place an order.

11. To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.

v.intr.

To be among those who finish a competition or race, especially to finish second.

Phrasal Verb:

place out

To qualify for a waiver of a requirement or prerequisite: placed out of a freshman composition class.

Idioms:

all over the place

In or to many locations; everywhere: Film is sold all over the place.

in place

1. In the appropriate or usual position or order: With everything in place, she started the slide show.

2. In the same spot; without moving forwards or backwards: While marching in place, the band played a popular tune.

in place of

Instead of.

keep/know (one's) place

To recognize one's social position and act according to traditional decorum.

place in the sun

A dominant or favorable position or situation.

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[Middle English, from Old English plæce and Old French place, open space (from Medieval Latin placea, from Vulgar Latin *plattea), both from Latin plata, broad street, from Greek plateia (hodos), broad (street), feminine of platus; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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placea·ble adj.

placer n.

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placing [ˈpleɪsɪŋ]

n

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Stock Exchange a method of issuing securities to the public using an intermediary, such as a stockbroking firm

Translations

placing [ˈpleɪsɪŋ] N (= act) → colocación f; (= placing in league, rank) → puesto m, clasificación f