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place (PLAYS) (noun)
An area with definite or indefinite boundaries; a portion of space: Larry had to hunt for a large parking place for his truck because it was so big.
plaice (PLAYS) (noun)
A large edible marine flatfish: For lunch Lenora and Frank decided to have plaice and chips at the roadside shop.
Kenneth took his place at the table and the waiter served him a lovely dish of plaice and chips.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“place”
(Greek: place, space, land; country, district)
(Latin: place; from place to place; where something is positioned or situated)
(Greek: place, a position, region, local, localized)
(Latin: suffix; quality of, act of, process, function, condition, or place; forms nouns that denote an action; a product of an action; a place, an abode)
(Greek: assembly, market place; open space, public speaking; originally, "to unite")
(Latin: harena; sand, sandy place, sea-shore; place of combat [literally, "place strewn with sand"])
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; a place for; abounding in or connected with something; a place containing or related to that which is specified by the root)
(Latin: a suffix; a person who, a place where, a thing which, or pertaining to; connected with; having the character of; apparatus)
(Greek > Latin: stepping, to step, to go, to walk; a place where someone steps; a pedestal; a foot for stepping; foundation, ground, base)
(Latin: a suffix; result of the act of, means of, place for)
(Latin: prison, jail; an enclosed place)
(Latin: hollow, a hollow place; chasm; prison)
(Greek: koimeterion, sleeping-room, burial-place; grave, grave yard; final resting place)
(more changes taking place: science and engineering workforce changes)
(Greek > Latin: traveler, trader, merchant; a trading place, market; pertaining to trade or traveling)
(Latin: suffix from -ensis, of, belonging to, from [a place]; originating in [a city or country])
(Latin: face, pertaining to the face; countenance; form, make, set in place, do)
(Latin: from fanum, "temple"; a temple or a place of worship)
(Old English: a prefix meaning before in place, rank, or time; in advance)
(Latin: forensis of a forum, place of assembly; public, public speaking; foras, foranus, outside, residing outside, out of doors)
(Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action)
(Latin: to remove, to wander; moving; to move away, to depart from one place to another place)
(Greek: a meadow; a pasture; an abode; a place for eating; by extension, "distribution of an acute, necrotizing ulcerative process involving mucous membranes of the mouth or genitalia")
(Greek: hospital, infirmary; place for the treatment of diseases)
(Olympia, a place in Greece in the western Peloponnese, scene of the Olympic games)
(Latin: a suffix; a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something)
(Latin: penetrare, penetratus, to go into, to enter, to pierce; to pass through, to pass into; a place within)
(Greek: a plant; growth; growing in a specified way or place; to produce)
(Greek: grass, a grassy place; meadow, meadows)
(Latin: to place, to put, to set; placement, positioning)
(Latin: before [both in time and place])
(Greek > Latin: a prefix signifying before; forward, forth; for, in favor of; in front of; in place of, on behalf of; according to; as, to place before; to go before or forward, to throw forward)
(Greek > Latin: an addition; to put to, add to, to place)
(failure in life takes place when we live and fail to learn; what we don't know, we can learn)
(a place where the books turn their backs on visitors)
(bill is proposed in New Hampshire, U.S., to place limits on RFID applications)
(Latin numbers as cardinals, "quantities"; and as ordinals, "showing order" or "designating a place in an ordered sequence")
(Latin: of a school, referring to a place of learning and education)
(Latin: standing, to stay, to make firm, fixed; cause to stand, to put, to place, to put in place, to remain in place; to stand still)
(Latin: to build, to build up; to pile; to construct; to place together, to arrange)
(Latin: sanctuary, consecrated place; an open place marked out by the augur for the observation of the sky)
(Latin: placing, setting; to place, to put)
(Greek > Latin: place for seeing dramas or shows)
(Greek > Latin: case, capsule, sheath, container, receptacle [also: a placing, a setting, a putting]; "a place where" something is kept)
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“place”
Beauty Parlor: a place where women curl up and dye.
1. Ordinary or something that is dull and unchallenging; tired and clichéd: Things that are common place can be found just about every where!
Issues that are common place include things and behavior which are ordinary; for example, a job that is a boring or a mind-numbing task is common place.
A word or saying that is common place is a cliché which means that it has become meaningless and annoying. 2. Etymology: from Latin locus communis, "general topic".
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commu-, comm-
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If you ever get on a passenger place and recognize a friend named Jack, don't shout "Hi Jack!"
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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(Greek: eu, "good, well; sounding good" + pheme, "speaking, speech"; mild, agreeable, or roundabout words used in place of coarse, painful, or offensive ones)
(bird goo left on a place; or a person no one likes)
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“place”
central place theory
The interpretation of city systems set forth by German geographer Walter Christaller in 1933 which centers on consumer demand, including the maximum distance consumers will travel for a given product and the minimum market size necessary to sustain them.
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Geography Terms +
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