¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Placeholders
1. placeholder [n] - See also: placeholder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placeholders
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, ..."