Home › Words › E › emplaceemplaceemplace means to assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place.EtymologyFrom em- + place. Cognate to French emplacer, Spanish emplazar, Portuguese emplaçar, Catalan emplaçar & Italian impiazzare.verbTo assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular placeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.placement 60% match — The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed. vs emplace →embed 59% match — To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. vs emplace →apply 54% match — To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) vs emplace →collocate 52% match — (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong collocates with tea. vs emplace →embedding 52% match — The act or process by which one thing is embedded in another. vs emplace →envelope 52% match — A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing. vs emplace →emplot 52% match — To place an event in the context of a plot or story-line to make a narrative. vs emplace →enchalice 52% match — To place in, or as if in, a chalice. vs emplace →