places is a form of:
Place
noun
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ទីកន្លែង, ភារកិច្ច
verb — past tense: placed ; past participle: placed ; present participle: placing ;
- 1.
- ដាក់ចាត់ថ្នាក់រកកន្លែង (ធ្វើការឬស្នាក់នៅ) ពោល មានជំនឿ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space.
- 2.
- A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end.
- 3.
- A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country.
- 4.
- Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling.
- 5.
- Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied).
- 6.
- A definite position or passage of a document.
- 7.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place.
- 8.
- Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for.
- 9.
- Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude.
- 10.
- The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third.
verb — past tense: placed ; past participle: placed ; present participle: placing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To determine or announce the place of at the finish. Usually, in horse racing only the first three horses are placed officially.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To place-kick ( a goal).
- 3.
- To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis.
- 4.
- To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed.
- 5.
- To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank.
- 6.
- To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend.
- 7.
- To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.