"find one's place" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-find one's place.ogg [Australia] Forms: finds one's place [present, singular, third-person], finding one's place [participle, present], found one's place [participle, past], found one's place [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|find<,,found> one's place}} find one's place (third-person singular simple present finds one's place, present participle finding one's place, simple past and past participle found one's place)
  1. (idiomatic) To discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: find purpose Synonyms (to discover a sense of belonging or passion): find one's calling Synonyms (to return to one's stopping point): find one's spot Translations (to return to one's stopping point): 前〈で〉やめた所を見つける (alt: まえ〈で〉やめたところをみつける, mae (de) yameta tokoro o mitsukeru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-find_one's_place-en-verb-5Ywumg2I Disambiguation of 'to discover a sense of belonging or passion': 97 3 Disambiguation of "to return to one's stopping point": 76 24 Disambiguation of "to return to one's stopping point": 76 24
  2. To locate where (in a work of print) (one) had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.
    Sense id: en-find_one's_place-en-verb-38vEGMOS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

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