place

[pleis] 1. noun

1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) loc

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) spaţiu (gol)

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) piaţă

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) loc

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) loc, poziţie

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) loc; rang

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.) pagină; rând

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) treabă

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.) post

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) casă

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) piaţă

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) zecimală

2. verb

1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) a pune

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) a nu şti de unde să-l ia

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- place-name

- 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