'Out of place' definitions:
Definition of 'out of place'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a setting where one is or feels inappropriate or incongruous; "he felt out of place in the lingerie shop"
adjective
Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature [syn: inapposite, out of place]
Definition of 'Out of place'
From: GCIDE
- Place \Place\ (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. Flawn, Piazza, Plate, Plaza.]
- 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. [1913 Webster]
- Here is the place appointed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- What place can be for us Within heaven's bound? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. "Hangman boys in the market place." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. [1913 Webster]
- Are you native of this place? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- I know my place as I would they should do theirs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). "In place of Lord Bassanio." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A definite position or passage of a document. [1913 Webster]
- The place of the scripture which he read was this. --Acts viii. 32. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. [1913 Webster]
- My word hath no place in you. --John viii. 37. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Place of arms (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.
- High place (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. "Him that offereth in the high place." --Jer. xlviii. 35.
- In place, in proper position; timely.
- Out of place, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place.
- Place kick (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground.
- Place name, the name of a place or locality. --London Academy.
- To give place, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. "Neither give place to the devil." --Eph. iv.
- 27. "Let all the rest give place." --Shak.
- To have place, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart.
- To take place. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. "If your doctrine takes place." --Berkeley. "But none of these excuses would take place." --Spenser.
- To take the place of, to be substituted for. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'out of place'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amiss,
- askew,
- awry,
- bad,
- cockeyed,
- convulsed,
- deranged,
- disarranged,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dislocated,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- disorganized,
- disturbed,
- futile,
- haywire,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-advised,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- in disorder,
- inadmissible,
- inadvisable,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- incongruous,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- misjoined,
- mislaid,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- misput,
- on the fritz,
- out of character,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of kelter,
- out of kilter,
- out of line,
- out of order,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of step,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- out of turn,
- out of whack,
- perturbed,
- roily,
- shuffled,
- turbid,
- turbulent,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- undesirable,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- unhappy,
- unmeet,
- unprofitable,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsettled,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untimely,
- unwise,
- upset,
- wrong
Words containing 'Out of place'
- In place,
- Place,
- Placed,
- Placeful,
- Placing,
- To have place,
- at that place,
- place down,
- Breathing place,
- Burial place,
- Burying place,
- By-place,
- Carle Place,
- Carrying place,
- College Place,
- Dwelling place,
- Elmwood Place,
- Face of a place,
- Heliocentric place,
- High place,
- Landing place,
- Langdon Place,
- Market place,
- Meadows Place,
- Miller Place,
- Normal place,
- Place kick,
- Place name,
- Place of arms,
- Sacred place,
- Southside Place,
- Sticking place,
- Thoms Place,
- To give place,
- To place in the background,
- To take place,
- To take the place of,
- Trysting place,
- University Place,
- Watering place,
- at a lower place,
- body of the place,
- eating place,
- fall into place,
- fictitious place,
- first place,
- gathering place,
- go places,
- hiding place,
- holy place,
- imaginary place,
- in a higher place,
- in the first place,
- jumping off place,
- lurking place,
- meeting place,
- mythical place,
- nesting place,
- open place,
- place bet,
- place mat,
- place of birth,
- place of business,
- place of origin,
- place of worship,
- place setting,
- place upright,
- polling place,
- pride of place,
- resting place,
- secret place,
- skull the place of a,
- stay in place,
- stopping place,
- take place,
- taking place,
- to a higher place,
- to a lower place,
- Carle Place, NY,
- College Place, WA,
- Elmwood Place, OH,
- Langdon Place, KY,
- Meadows Place, TX,
- Miller Place, NY,
- Oak Hills Place,
- Old Brownsboro Place,
- Place-kick,
- Place-kicker,
- Place-proud,
- Southside Place, TX,
- Thoms Place, AK,
- University Place, WA,
- West University Place,
- agent-in-place,
- farm-place,
- jumping-off place,
- last-place,
- place-kicking,
- place-worship,
- Oak Hills Place, LA,
- Old Brownsboro Place, KY,
- Tanglewilde-Thompson Place,
- West University Place, TX,
- first-place finish,
- second-place finish,
- third-place finish,
- Tanglewilde-Thompson Place, WA