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Adjective placed has 2 senses
- located, placed, set, situated - situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"
Antonym: unsettled (indirect, via settled)
- placed - put in position in relation to other things; "end tables placed conveniently"
Antonym: disarranged (indirect, via arranged)
Verb place has 16 senses
- put, set, place, pose, position, lay - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
They place the bags on the table
- place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"
--2 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- rate, rank, range, order, grade, place - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
--3 is one way to judge
Sample sentences:
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- locate, place, site - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
--4 is one way to station, post, base, send, place
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- place - to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet"
--5 is one way to order
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- place, come in, come out - take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
--6 is one way to rank
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- target, aim, place, direct, point - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
--7 is one way to aim, take, train, take aim, direct
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- identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
--8 is one way to determine, set
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- place - assign to (a job or a home)
--9 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
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- set, localize, localise, place - locate; "The film is set in Africa"
--10 is one way to stage, present, represent
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- place, put, set - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
--11 is one way to estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
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- place, localize, localise - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection"
--12 is one way to situate, locate
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- invest, put, commit, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
--13 is one way to spend, expend, drop
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- station, post, base, send, place - assign to a station
--14 is one way to move, displace
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- place - finish second or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to place"
--15 is one way to race, run
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- place - sing a note with the correct pitch
--16 is one way to sing
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