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placement

  • /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/ Canada, US, UK
  • [ˈpʰleɪ̯smn̩t] Canada, US, UK
  • /ˈpleːsmənt/
  • [ˈpʰleːsmn̩t]
  • /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯smənt/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈpʰlæ̝ɪ̯smn̩t] Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -eɪsmənt

noun placements

  1. countable, uncountable The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
  2. countable, uncountable A location or position. It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.
  3. countable, uncountable The act of matching a person with a job. The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.
  4. UK, countable, uncountable A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience. During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes into a project of this scale.
  5. countable, uncountable The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: positioning, position, location, arrangement, emplacement, locating, situating, locate, placing, placer, put, installation, locator, grading, layout, entry

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noun the act of placing or putting in place

Españolcolocación, emplazamiento, ponimiento
中文放置 fàngzhì, 安置 ānzhì
Portuguêscolocação, posicionamento
Françaisplacement
DeutschPlatzierung
Italianopiazzamento, collocazione, collocamento
Русскийразмеще́ние razmeščénije
العربيةوَضْع waḍʕ
עבריתמיקום mikúm

noun a location or position

Españolcolocación, emplazamiento
Portuguêsposicionamento
DeutschPlatzierung, Stelle
Italianoposizionamento, collocazione, collocamento
Русскийрасположе́ние raspoložénije
עבריתמיקום mikúm

noun the act of matching a person with a job

DeutschStellenvermittlung
Русскийтрудоустро́йство trudoustrójstvo

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@misc{placement_2026,
  title = {placement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/placement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}