place

place
[[t]pleis[/t]] 1. noun
1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) endroit
2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) place
3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) place
4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) place
5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) place
6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) place
7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) page
8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) rôle
9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) poste
10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) chez soi
11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) place
12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) place décimale
2. verb
1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) placer
2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) remettre
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- go places - in the first - second place - in place - in place of - out of place - put oneself in someone else's place - put someone in his place - put in his place - take place - take the place of

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