place – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of place

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to place
Participle: placed
Gerund: placing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of place

Indicative

Present

Iplace
youplace
he;she;itplaces
weplace
youplace
theyplace

Perfect

Ihave placed
youhave placed
he;she;ithas placed
wehave placed
youhave placed
theyhave placed

Past

Iplaced
youplaced
he;she;itplaced
weplaced
youplaced
theyplaced

Pluperfect

Ihad placed
youhad placed
he;she;ithad placed
wehad placed
youhad placed
theyhad placed

Future

Iwill place
youwill place
he;she;itwill place
wewill place
youwill place
theywill place

Future Perfect

Iwill have placed
youwill have placed
he;she;itwill have placed
wewill have placed
youwill have placed
theywill have placed

Subjunctive

Present

Iplace
youplace
he;she;itplace
weplace
youplace
theyplace

Perfect

Ihave placed
youhave placed
he;she;ithave placed
wehave placed
youhave placed
theyhave placed

Imperfect

Iplaced
youplaced
he;she;itplaced
weplaced
youplaced
theyplaced

Pluperfect

Ihad placed
youhad placed
he;she;ithad placed
wehad placed
youhad placed
theyhad placed

Conditional

Present

Iwould place
youwould place
he;she;itwould place
wewould place
youwould place
theywould place

Perfect

Iwould have placed
youwould have placed
he;she;itwould have placed
wewould have placed
youwould have placed
theywould have placed

Imperative

youplace
weLet's place
youplace

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam placing
youare placing
he;she;itis placing
weare placing
youare placing
theyare placing

Perfect

Ihave been placing
youhave been placing
he;she;ithas been placing
wehave been placing
youhave been placing
theyhave been placing

Past

Iwas placing
youwere placing
he;she;itwas placing
wewere placing
youwere placing
theywere placing

Pluperfect

Ihad been placing
youhad been placing
he;she;ithad been placing
wehad been placing
youhad been placing
theyhad been placing

Future

Iwill be placing
youwill be placing
he;she;itwill be placing
wewill be placing
youwill be placing
theywill be placing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been placing
youwill have been placing
he;she;itwill have been placing
wewill have been placing
youwill have been placing
theywill have been placing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be placing
youwould be placing
he;she;itwould be placing
wewould be placing
youwould be placing
theywould be placing

Perfect

Iwould have been placing
youwould have been placing
he;she;itwould have been placing
wewould have been placing
youwould have been placing
theywould have been placing

Other

Verbs similar to 'place'

lace, pace, palace, peace, plane, plate, ace, arace, bace, belace,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

put
arrange, deposit, situate, establish, fix, position, lay, order
appoint
hire, induct

Antonyms

put
remove, take, oust, withdraw
appoint
dismiss, remove, recall, nullify

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English placen, from the noun (see above). See: Middle English 'placen'.

Verbs referencing "place"

Swedish placera.

Sample Sentences

  • And yet, in the very midst of these terrors, I was placed in a situation so exquisitely ridiculous, that even then I had as strong a sense of its absurdity as I have now, and could no more help laughing than I can at any other comical incident, happening [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] easily learned to place the proper labels upon them. It was evident, however, that the only intellectual exercise was that of imitation and memory. She recollected that the label book was placed upon a book, and she repeated the process first from imitation, next from memory, with only the motive of love of approbation, but apparently without the intellectual perception of any relation [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and spells the word in the manual alphabet; next, she takes her types and arranges her letters; and last, to make sure that she is right, she takes the whole of the types composing the word, and places them upon or in contact with the pencil, or whatever the object may be. ” (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘She one day pretended that her doll was sick; and went through all the motions of tending it, and giving it medicine; she then put it carefully to bed, and placed a bottle of hot water to its feet, laughing all the time most heartily. When I came home, she insisted upon my going to see it, and feel its pulse; and when I told her to put a blister on its back, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • She had, until now, been quite unconscious of the presence of visitors; but, having her hand placed in that of the gentleman who accompanied me, she immediately expressed his name upon her teacher 's palm. Indeed her sense of touch is now so exquisite, that having been acquainted with a person [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and commenced at once with the finger language. Taking, therefore, several articles having short names, such as key, cup, mug, &c., and with Laura for an auxiliary, I sat down, and taking his hand, placed it upon one of them, and then with my own, made the letters key. He felt my hands eagerly with both of his, and on my repeating the process, he evidently tried to imitate the motions of my [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] at least in gaining approbation. His attention then began to flag, and I commenced playing with him. It was evident that in all this he had merely been imitating the motions of my fingers, and placing his hand upon the key, cup, &c., as part of the process, without any perception of the relation between the sign and the object. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] back to the table, and he was quite ready to begin again his process of imitation. He soon learned to make the letters for key, pen, pin; and by having the object repeatedly placed in his hand, he at last perceived the relation I wished to establish between them. This was evident, because, when I made the letters pin, or pen, or cup, he would select the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘The perception of this relation was not accompanied by that radiant flash of intelligence, and that glow of joy, which marked the delightful moment when Laura first perceived it. I then placed all the articles on the table, and going away a little distance with the children, placed Oliver 's fingers in the positions to spell key, on which Laura went and brought the article: [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and that glow of joy, which marked the delightful moment when Laura first perceived it. I then placed all the articles on the table, and going away a little distance with the children, placed Oliver 's fingers in the positions to spell key, on which Laura went and brought the article: the little fellow seemed much amused by this, and looked very attentive and smiling. I then [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)