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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldɚ/
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
[edit]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 data is a placeholder, 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[1], 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.
- (graphical user interface) A non-editable caption initially displayed in a blank text box to indicate its function.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later
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See also
[edit]- greek, greeking (noun)
- lorem ipsum
Further reading
[edit]- placeholder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia