Definition of Placeholders

1. Noun. (plural of placeholder) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Placeholders

1. placeholder [n] - See also: placeholder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Placeholders

placeables
placebic
placeblog
placeblogs
placebo
placebo effect
placebo effects
placeboes
placebolike
placebos
placed
placeful
placegetter
placegetters
placeholder
placeholders (current term)
placekick
placekicked
placekicker
placekickers
placekicking
placekicks
placeless
placelessly
placelessness
placeman
placemat
placemats
placemen
placement

Literary usage of Placeholders

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Product Lines for Digital Information Products by Victor Pankratius (2007)
"At design time, placeholders for variables (eg, "$(s1)" for variable "si") are ... During the replacement of placeholders in the execution string of a ..."

2. This Isn't Excel, It's Magic: Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most Out of by Bob Umlas (2005)
"Show placeholders works for charts only, not other objects. Here's a worksheet with Show All: And here is the same with Show placeholders: By the way, ..."

3. Guided Reading Basics: Organizing, Managing and Implementing a Balanced by Lori Jamison Rog (2003)
"placeholders for literacy centres. Tip The Word Work Centre is an excellent ... The use of bracelets, necklaces, or other placeholders enable a student to ..."

4. The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland by John Knox, William M'Gavin (1841)
"... and injured by wicked and ignorant persons, placeholders of the ministers of the church, who most untruly cease not to infame [revile] us as heretics, ..."

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