place
/pleɪs/ nounTranslation
SOMEWHERE [C] › a position, building, town, area, etc
yer, mahal, konum, bina, şehir, bölge vs.
His leg's broken in two places. Is there a place where we can talk privately? Edinburgh would be a nice place to live. What a stupid place to park.16831238 take place › to happen
vuku bulmak, meydana gelmek, olmak
The meeting will take place next week.1752 in place › in the correct position
yerli yerinde, tam yerinde
The chairs are all in place.1683 › If a rule, system, etc is in place, it has started to exist. işlemekte, yürürlükte, uygulamada
There are now laws in place to prevent this from happening.1358 out of place › not in the correct position
her zamanki yerinde olmayan
Why are my files all out of place?1683 › not right or suitable for a particular situation yersiz, yakışıksız, uygunsuz
Everyone else was wearing jeans and I felt completely out of place in my office clothes.1901 all over the place › in or to many different places
her tarafta, her yerde; her tarafa, her yere
There was blood all over the place. I ran all over the place looking for them.12381683 in place of sth › instead of something
yerine
Try adding fruit to your breakfast cereal in place of sugar.783HOME [C] informal › someone's home
ev, mekân, yuva
Do you want to come over to my place tonight? They've just bought a place in Spain.772OPPORTUNITY [C] › an opportunity to take part in something
durum, fırsat, yer ve zaman
Are there any places left on the theatre trip? She's got a place at Liverpool University to do Spanish.1763 in first/second/third, etc place › If you are in first/second, etc place in a race or competition, that is your position.
(yarışta, yarışmada vs.) birinci/ikinci/üçüncü vs.
He finished in fifth place.1475fall into place › When events or details that you did not understand before fall into place, they become easy to understand.
taşlar yerine oturmak; her şey yerli yerine oturmak; başta anlaşılmayanları zamanla anlaşılmaya başlamak
When Jo told me she had a twin sister, everything fell into place.11211098in the first place › used to refer to the time when something started
ilk önce, herşeyden önce, bir kere
How did this error happen in the first place?1562put sb in their place › to let someone know that they are not as important as they think they are
→ See also decimal place → See also have/take pride of placelayık olduğu değeri vermek; herkese yerini bildirmek
1015(Definition of place noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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