placeholder
- noun
- /ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldər/
- Specialized
- In the presentation, we used names like 'John Doe' as placeholders for the real clients.
It's not uncommon for retailers to do placeholder pricing though, so we'll see.
- It's not uncommon for retailers to do placeholder pricing though, so we'll see.
- It's just a placeholder to represent a time, whereas T.
- They felt like placeholders for when you are writing and you're like, I'm going to come back and name that better.
- He knew that I wanted our friend Irene Newarth to design my ring, so he instead he got some placeholder ring at this antique shop near our house.
- But that's her placeholder for yes.
- The training is the placeholder and what's being rebuilt in that building?
Examples
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All of the art you see on this website is placeholder art for the gameplay prototype!
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That's just a placeholder name.
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The cat here is simply a placeholder for the Christ child or right to left.
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These are kind of placeholder names.
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"Big Snow" was the placeholder name; not a lot of people know that.
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If I got to pick the placeholder name, that's what it would have been.
Blog text (25) -
It's not uncommon for retailers to do placeholder pricing though, so we'll see.
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It's a placeholder right now, but when the real long pike shows up, you best be warned.
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Maybe these are just some sort of placeholders.
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They felt like placeholders for when you are writing and you're like, I'm going to come back and name that better.
Synonyms
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
A mark, like a letter, that stands for something
A simple name used as an example in computer code
A name used temporarily for a person or thing when the real name is unknown
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Etymology
Placeholder is made of place 'position' and holder 'one who keeps something'. So a placeholder is anything that 'holds' a place for the real thing until it arrives.