"placement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pleɪs.mənt/ Audio: en-us-placement.ogg [US] Forms: placement, placements [plural]
Etymology: place + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|place|ment}} place + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Placement is the act or process of putting something in a specific position.
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  2. A placement is a job or position given to someone, or a period of work in a specific setting.
    Sense id: simple-placement-en-noun-I7TGT-Xo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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