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placement

[ pleys-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of placing.
  2. the state of being placed.
  3. the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
  4. location; arrangement:

    the placement of furniture.

  5. Football.
    1. the placing of the ball on the ground in attempting a place kick.
    2. the position of the ball.
    3. a score made by a place kick:

      Jones made 43 consecutive placements last season.

  6. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) a winning shot in which the ball or shuttlecock is so hit that one's opponent is unable to return it.


placement

/ ˈɪəԳ /

noun

  1. the act of placing or the state of being placed
  2. arrangement or position
  3. the process or business of finding employment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·mԳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of placement1

First recorded in 1835–45; place + -ment
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He said that Lucy "needs to have the best opportunities going forward in the world", and that can "only be done in a placement in an alternative family".

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He built the community directly from his phone and, whether intended or not, that connection has sustained his career - insulating him from the tyrannies of radio playlists and streaming placement.

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The comedian Romesh Ranganathan has hit out at his local council after his youngest son did not get offered any of his preferred choices in his secondary school placement.

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When asked about the bed placement, the feng shui fan said she pulled the bed forward facing an entry “because it felt safe. It felt right.”

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Ms Burns said she and her mother had "reluctantly" accepted a placement at an alternative elderly day care centre in Newcastle, but would prefer that she continues to attend Ardarragh.

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