English Explanatory Dictionary

third place

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A social space separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”), such as a bar or public library.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, place.

Word forms

third place third places

Etymology

Coined by American urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg in 1989.

Synonyms

third space
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