Meanings
present singular third person finds one's place · participle present finding one's place · participle past found one's place · past found one's place
- idiomaticTo discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.
He's apparently found his place at the monastery.
Synonyms: find one's calling, find purpose, find one's spot
- To locate where (in a work of print) (one) had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.
I wanna pick up where I left off, but I can't seem to find my place.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.
to become desynchronized from a last-read passage
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 如魚得水 /如鱼得水, 找到上次讀到的地方 /找到上次读到的地方
- 如魚得水 /如鱼得水 (rúyúdéshuǐ)discover one's vocation
- 找到上次讀到的地方 /找到上次读到的地方 (zhǎodào shàngcì dúdào de dìfang)locate where one had stopped reading
Finnish löytää paikkansa, löytää kohta, johon jäi
- löytää paikkansadiscover one's vocation
- löytää kohta, johon jäilocate where one had stopped reading
Japanese 前〈で〉やめた所を見つける
- 前〈で〉やめた所を見つけるlocate where one had stopped reading
Cite this entry
find one's place. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/find%20one's%20place
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