find one's place
find one's place verb: to discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.
Verb
find one's place (third-person singular simple present finds one's place, present participle finding one's place, simple past and past participle found one's place)
- To discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.
- He's apparently found his place at the monastery.
- Synonyms:
- find one's calling, find purpose, find one's spot
- To locate where (in a work of print) (one) had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.
- I wanna pick up where I left off, but I can't seem to find my place.
Synonyms of find one's place
- find one's calling
- find purpose
- find one's spot
Antonyms
- lose one's place
Forms of find one's place
| third-person singular present | finds one's place |
|---|---|
| present participle | finding one's place |
| past participle | found one's place |
| past | found one's place |
Questions about find one's place
- What does find one's place mean?
- Find one's place means to discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.
- What part of speech is find one's place?
- Find one's place is a verb.
- What is the past tense of find one's place?
- The past tense of find one's place is found one's place.
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