"placing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-placing.wav [US] Forms: placings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} placing (plural placings)
  1. The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
    Sense id: en-placing-en-noun-eC3LUgNA
  2. The condition of being placed.
    Sense id: en-placing-en-noun-gbDdxoiU
  3. The position of a competitor at the end of a race.
    Sense id: en-placing-en-noun-xPAXMJZT

Verb

IPA: /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-placing.wav [US]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} placing
  1. present participle and gerund of place Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: place
    Sense id: en-placing-en-verb-MvNbINJe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 25 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 19 24 41

Inflected forms

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