PLACES Synonyms: 457 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of place

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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Relevance

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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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 purposes

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of place

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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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for places

Noun

The problem is particularly acute for large, global, and often siloed organizations, with people are spread out across locations and time zones.

Andrew Binns, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
His script had been passed on all around town since 2016, with Baum saying it at one point involved 50 speaking parts, dozens of locations, and sprawled to 200 pages.

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024

Definition of locations

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