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Placed

adjective

1.

Situated in a particular spot or position. Synonyms: located, set, situated. "Strategically placed artillery" , "A house set on a hilltop" , "Nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

2.

Put in position in relation to other things.

Place

verb

(past & past part. placed; pres. part. placing)

1.

Put into a certain place or abstract location. Synonyms: lay, pose, position, put, set. "Set the tray down" , "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" , "Place emphasis on a certain point"

2.

Place somebody in a particular situation or location.

3.

Assign a rank or rating to. Synonyms: grade, order, range, rank, rate. "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

4.

Assign a location to. Synonyms: locate, site.

5.

To arrange for. "Place a bet"

6.

Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal. Synonyms: come in, come out.

7.

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal. Synonyms: aim, direct, point, target. "Criticism directed at her superior" , "Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

8.

Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something. Synonym: identify.

9.

Assign to (a job or a home).

10.

Locate. Synonyms: localise, localize, set.

11.

Estimate. Synonyms: put, set.

12.

Identify the location or place of. Synonyms: localise, localize.

13.

Make an investment. Synonyms: commit, invest, put. Antonym: divest.

14.

Assign to a station. Synonyms: post, send, station.

15.

Finish second or better in a horse or dog race.

16.

Sing a note with the correct pitch.

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"Placed" Quotes from Famous Books

... mentioned only three classes of Radiates. Cuvier had five in his classification; for he placed among them the Intestinal Worms and the Infusoria or Animalcules. The Intestinal Worms are much better known now than they were in his day. Their anatomy and embryology have been traced, and it has been shown that the essential features of these ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 52, February, 1862 • Various

... in the desert. Must the story of the daughter be tragic, too? A great fear for the girl was in his heart. He believed that he could think of her alone, now, apart from selfishness. Realizing her worship of Stanton, had her fate lain in his hands he would have placed it in those of the other man could he have been half sure they would be tender. But her fate was in her own keeping. He could do no more than beg, for DeLisle's sake, that they would wait for the wedding until Stanton came back from his expedition. Even as he spoke, ...

— A Soldier of the Legion • C. N. Williamson

... desk, and, laying out some paper, he placed upon it, to hold it in place while he wrote, a great black hoof with a silver shoe, bearing on the band about its crown the word "Midnight." After many ...

— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee

... was dearer to him than ever and Julia, again sure of his esteem, placed a double guard upon her temper, and in his presence was the very "pink" of amiability! Affairs were gliding smoothly on, when the family received a visit from a gentleman, whom Julia would rather not have seen. This was Mr. Miller, whom we have mentioned as having taught in that neighborhood ...

— Tempest and Sunshine • Mary J. Holmes

... to such a compromise are losers. The world which offers gifts and tacitly undertakes to ask no questions as to the real state of the timeserver's inner mind, loses no less than the timeserver himself who receives the gifts and promises to hold his peace. It is as though a society placed penalties on mechanical inventions and the exploration of new material resources, and offered bounties for the steadiest adherence to all ancient processes in culture and production. The injury to wealth in the one case would not ...

— On Compromise • John Morley

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