MEANING
To put or establish something in its intended position, especially equipment or a structure.
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Words that belong together
- emplace a gun
- emplace equipment
On the page
The crew emplaced the equipment before the storm reached the ridge.
They had emplaced the gun where the road narrowed.
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Word forms
- Base
- emplace
- Past tense
- emplaced
- Past participle
- emplaced
- Present participle
- emplacing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- emplace
- Present continuous
- am/is/are emplacing
- Present perfect
- have/has emplaced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been emplacing
- Past
- emplaced
- Past continuous
- was/were emplacing
- Past perfect
- had emplaced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been emplacing
- Future
- will emplace
- Future continuous
- will be emplacing
- Future perfect
- will have emplaced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been emplacing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: emplace; emplaces; emplaced; emplaced; emplacing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: emplaces.
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