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place noun

  /pleɪs/ , [pl̥eɪs]
  • Any area of the earth: a region.
  • The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
  • An area of the body, especially the skin.
  • A location or position in space.
  • The position of a contestant in a competition.
  • Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  • Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
地方
  • An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
廣場
  • A role or purpose; a station.
  • The position as a member of a sports team.
  • An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
人口
  • A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
  • (often, in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
  • (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.

place

place verb

  /pleɪs/ , [pl̥eɪs]
  • (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
  • (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
  • (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
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