See place in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A location or position in or on a larger space (occupied by something or someone):",
"An area of the body (either of an organ or of the skin)"
],
"links": [
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"larger",
"larger"
],
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"something",
"something#English"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
],
[
"area",
"area"
],
[
"body",
"body"
],
[
"organ",
"organ#English"
],
[
"skin",
"skin#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A location or position in or on a larger space (occupied by something or someone):",
"A location in or passage from a written document."
],
"links": [
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"larger",
"larger"
],
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"something",
"something#English"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
],
[
"passage",
"passage"
],
[
"written",
"written"
],
[
"document",
"document"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Mathematics"
],
"glosses": [
"A location or position in or on a larger space (occupied by something or someone):",
"The place of a digit in a number written with Arabic numerals."
],
"links": [
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"larger",
"larger"
],
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"something",
"something#English"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
],
[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"digit",
"digit"
],
[
"number",
"number"
],
[
"Arabic numeral",
"Arabic numeral"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"A location or position in or on a larger space (occupied by something or someone):",
"(mathematics) The place of a digit in a number written with Arabic numerals."
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A place, station, or position; an appropriate or designated spot:",
"The usual location or place of something (e.g. an animal's dwelling)."
],
"links": [
[
"place",
"place#English"
],
[
"station",
"station"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"appropriate",
"appropriate"
],
[
"designated",
"designated"
],
[
"spot",
"spot"
],
[
"usual",
"usual"
],
[
"location",
"location"
],
[
"dwelling",
"dwelling#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A place, station, or position; an appropriate or designated spot:",
"A position in a hierarchy; rank, status, or level."
],
"links": [
[
"place",
"place#English"
],
[
"station",
"station"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"appropriate",
"appropriate"
],
[
"designated",
"designated"
],
[
"spot",
"spot"
],
[
"hierarchy",
"hierarchy"
],
[
"rank",
"rank"
],
[
"status",
"status"
],
[
"level",
"level"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A place, station, or position; an appropriate or designated spot:",
"A favourable or propitious occasion; an opportunity."
],
"links": [
[
"place",
"place#English"
],
[
"station",
"station"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"appropriate",
"appropriate"
],
[
"designated",
"designated"
],
[
"spot",
"spot"
],
[
"favourable",
"favourable"
],
[
"propitious",
"propitious"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Extent, space (in two or three dimensions)"
],
"links": [
[
"Extent",
"extent"
],
[
"space",
"space"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈplaːs(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplas(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "place"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Animal dwellings",
"enm:Buildings and structures",
"enm:Offices",
"enm:Rooms",
"enm:Time",
"enm:Writing"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "place",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "playce"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of playce"
],
"links": [
[
"playce",
"playce#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "place"
}
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