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placed

placed

93 1.0
Located in a particular position
  • adjective
  • /pleɪst/
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  • The trophy is prominently placed on the mantelpiece for everyone to see.

Whereas this poem is one that's firmly placed in England, my dad's country.

Examples

  • Hermes were small statues placed at crossroads and beside doorways.

  • It's just great for getting the shadow placed in the right spot.

  • The sword of justice is ill placed in the hands of an angry man.

  • We have our piece of copper placed on top of the pie.

  • And those asterisks are placed in set type, OK?

  • The armhole should be placed closer to me about about here.

  • And then you've got a screen placed a distance F behind the lens.

  • I've heard it's actually really bad to have mirrors placed like facing your bed too.

  • Whereas this poem is one that's firmly placed in England, my dad's country.

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  • This feels like it's plastic Braille that's been placed over cardboard.

Synonyms

set
vsplaced
836 2.3

Located in a particular place or position

focuses on location rather than readiness or arrangement
located
vsplaced
409 1.9

In a specific place

has identical sense and is used in the same situations
in place
vsplaced
169 1.0

Still in the correct position and not moved

refers more generally to being in any position rather than original placement
situated
vsplaced
49 3.1

In a certain place or position

is the same meaning but often said as being positioned

Antonyms

unplaced
  • Specialized
9.3

Not given a position on any chromosome in a genome map

How Arranged

organized
  • US
751 2.0
arranged
31 1.6
laid
54 1.2
placed
93 1.0
scattered
19 3.6

Surface Forms

placed positive

Morphology

placed = place (transparent) = place + ed

Regular past-participle formation from the verb 'place'; the adjectival meaning 'situated' directly follows from 'placed'.

Etymology

Placed comes from the familiar word place, which means 'a spot' or 'position' and is about putting things somewhere. So, placed means something was 'put in a particular spot'.