Meaning & use
placed
Put something in a particular position, or finished in a specified position in a competition.
See it in a sentence
She placed the vase carefully on the center of the table.
He placed third in the marathon despite battling a leg injury for most of the race.
A note on using this word
Placed in the sense of finishing a race or competition is often followed directly by an ordinal number, as in 'placed second' or 'placed last.'
Words with a similar meaning
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