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emplace

emplace verb: to assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place.

Verb

emplace (third-person singular simple present emplaces, present participle emplacing, simple past and past participle emplaced)

  1. To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place

Forms of emplace

third-person singular presentemplaces
present participleemplacing
past participleemplaced
pastemplaced

Origin of emplace

From em- + place. Cognate to French emplacer, Spanish emplazar, Portuguese emplaçar, Catalan emplaçar & Italian impiazzare.

Words formed from emplace

Questions about emplace

What does emplace mean?
Emplace means to assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place.
What part of speech is emplace?
Emplace is a verb.
What is the past tense of emplace?
The past tense of emplace is emplaced.

Words near emplace in the dictionary

  1. empiriomonists
  2. empirism
  3. empirisms
  4. empiristic
  5. empl
  6. emplace
  7. emplaced
  8. emplacement
  9. emplacements
  10. emplaces
  11. emplacing

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