place

[[t]pleɪs[/t]]

1. noun

1) a particular spot or area:

a quiet place in the country

I spent my holiday in various different places.

مَكان

2) an empty space:

There's a place for your books on this shelf.

مَكان فارِغ

3) an area or building with a particular purpose:

a market-place.

مَكان لهَدَفٍ خاص

4) a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc):

He went to his place and sat down.

مَقْعَد

5) a position in an order, series, queue etc:

She got the first place in the competition

I lost my place in the queue.

مَرْتَبَه

6) a person's position or level of importance in society etc:

You must keep your secretary in her place.

مَرْكِز

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.

نُقْطَه، مَقْطَع

8) duty or right:

It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.

واجِب، حَق

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.

مَكانَه

10) house; home:

Come over to my place.

بَيْت، مَنْزِل

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

مَحَل

12) a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point:

Make the answer correct to four decimal places.

مَنْزِلَه

2. verb

1) to put:

He placed it on the table

He was placed in command of the army.

يَضَع

2) to remember who a person is:

I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.

يَتَذَكَّر