"placement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpleɪsmənt/ Audio: en-us-placement.ogg Forms: placements [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsmənt Etymology: From place + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|place|ment}} place + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} placement (countable and uncountable, plural placements)
  1. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of placing or putting in place): θέσις (thésis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), وَضْع (waḍʕ) (Arabic), слагане (slagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), поставяне (postavjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 放置 (fàngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 安置 (ānzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), pokládka [masculine] (Czech), sijoittaminen (Finnish), sijoitus (Finnish), placement [masculine] (French), Platzierung [feminine] (German), מיקום (mikúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), helyezés (Hungarian), elhelyezés (Hungarian), besorolás (Hungarian), szintfelmérés (english: knowledge level assessment) (Hungarian), piazzamento [masculine] (Italian), collocazione [feminine] (Italian), collocamento [masculine] (Italian), whakatakotoranga (Maori), whakanohonga (Maori), whakanohoanga (Maori), colocação [feminine] (Portuguese), posicionamento [masculine] (Portuguese), размеще́ние (razmeščénije) [neuter] (Russian), colocación [feminine] (Spanish), disposición [feminine] (Spanish), yerleştirme (Turkish)
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  2. A location or position. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a location or position): θέσις (thésis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), местоположение (mestopoloženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sijoitus (Finnish), sijainti (Finnish), Platzierung [feminine] (German), Stelle [feminine] (German), מיקום (mikúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), elhelyezkedés (Hungarian), posizionamento [masculine] (Italian), collocazione [feminine] (Italian), collocamento [masculine] (Italian), novietojums [masculine] (Latvian), whakatakotoranga (Maori), posicionamento [masculine] (Portuguese), расположе́ние (raspoložénije) [neuter] (Russian), colocación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  3. The act of matching a person with a job Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of matching a person with a job): назначение (naznačenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), työhönsijoitus (Finnish), Stellenvermittlung [feminine] (German), állásközvetítés (Hungarian), നിയമനം (niyamanaṁ) (Malayalam), трудоустро́йство (trudoustrójstvo) [neuter] (Russian), iş bulma (Turkish), işe yerleştirme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-placement-en-noun-RTZ-p3gU Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 2 17 30 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 2 17 34 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 30 2 18 32 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 2 18 31 18 Disambiguation of 'the act of matching a person with a job': 5 0 74 15 5
  4. (UK) A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-placement-en-noun-C2sa0XKH Categories (other): British English, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 4 8 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 2 17 30 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 2 17 34 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 30 2 18 32 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 2 5 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 2 18 31 18
  5. (astrology) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-placement-en-noun-rbz-jaPl Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 4 8 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 2 17 30 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 2 17 34 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 30 2 18 32 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 2 5 40 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 2 18 31 18 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: job placement, placement test, planet placement, product placement, work placement

Inflected forms

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  "word": "placement"
}

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