"secondment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈkɒn(d)mənt/ Forms: secondments [plural]
Etymology: From second + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|second|ment|id1=to temporarily transfer employment}} second + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secondment (countable and uncountable, plural secondments)
  1. The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: detail#Verb Translations (temporary transfer): 臨時調任 (Chinese Mandarin), 临时调任 (línshí diàorèn) (Chinese Mandarin), detachering (Dutch), siirto (Finnish), komennus (Finnish), détachement [masculine] (French), Abordnung (German), distaccamento [masculine] (Italian), comisión de servicio [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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