at places

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Prepositional phrase

at places

1. (idiomatic) In some, possibly rare places.

   I felt dizzy and fainting at places, but I still made it to the finish line.

   • 2013, A.S. IslamS. Attwoodet al., Assessment of capabilities, needs of communities, opportunities and ...‎^[1]:

     Light to moderate rain/temporary showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over the area with moderately heavy falls at places.

   • 2007, Sue-Ming Yang, Causal Or Merely Co-existing: A Longitudinal Study of Violence and Disorder‎^[2]:

     Concern about the relationship between disorder and crime is further deepened by the fact that disorder and crime often co-exist at places.

Synonyms

• here and there

Translations

at some places

• French: par endroits (fr), çà et là (fr), par-ci par-là (fr)
• Russian: места́ми (ru) (mestámi)

Anagrams

• placates