Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one's place

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: one's -place
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One's position (location, post, rank stance, status, situation) in life.

noun

One's position (location, post, rank stance, status, situation) in life.

noun

One's position (location, post, rank stance, status, situation) in life.

noun

One's position (location, post, rank stance, status, situation) in life.

Example Sentences

"One's future place in the company is a hard question."
"Hey, you're in my place! You know I always sit here!"
"Steve left if you want his place on the team."
"Your place is in the kitchen washing dishes."
"You have your place in the coal mines!"
"In the new game, in the Deagle's place, we now got the Colt 45."

Etymology

one's (“belonging to one”) + place (“position in life”) The fore determiner is switched out per context.

Inflected Forms

one's places (plural)

Phrases

in one's place know one's place learn one's place teach one's place take someone's place take one's place put someone in their place put in one's place

Frequently Paired Words

take place in place of uppity

Questions

What does one's place mean?: One's position (location, post, rank stance, status, situation) in life.
Where does one's place come from?: one's (“belonging to one”) + place (“position in life”) The fore determiner is switched out per context.

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