placeholder
See also: place holder
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldɚ/
Audio (GA) (file)
Noun
placeholder (plural placeholders)
- Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
- This is placeholder data, so you'll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them.
- 2013 February 14, Scott Tobias, “A Good Day To Die Hard [film review]”, in The AV Club, archived from the original on 10 March 2016:
- "I'm on vacation," [Bruce] Willis grumbles several times throughout A Good Day To Die Hard, in what counts as the film's sole running joke, a lame placeholder until he arrives at the big "yippee-ki-yay" punchline.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- cadigan, kadigan, kadigin
- See Thesaurus:thingy, Thesaurus:whatsaname
Translations
that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
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See also
- greek, greeking (noun)
- lorem ipsum
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