Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of placing or arranging.
- n. The state of being placed or arranged.
- n. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants.
- n. Assignment of students to appropriate classes or programs.
- n. Football The setting of the ball in position for a place kick.
- n. Football A place kick.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A putting, placing, or setting.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- n. A location or position.
- n. The act of matching a person with a job
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
- n. Position; place.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
- n. contact established between applicants and prospective employees
- n. the act of putting something in a certain place
Etymologies
- From place + -ment (Wiktionary)
Examples
“For me at least, the responsibility for their placement is a heavy one.”
“Coming from someone who works in advertising, product placement is worked into shows more and more because of the impact that DVRs are having on commercials.”
“As with anything else shot placement is the main thing.”
I hunt in rifle country for deer would you use a 270. or 243. i cant decide.....
“Wouldn't be my choice of rifle for deer ... but it just goes to show what good shot placement is all about.”
“I forgot Arrow placement is the most critical part of the entire equation.”
“Shot placement is far more important than bullet size.”
what would be the best caliber to take and elk or a moose with??
“Shot placement is vital to a clean kill, but sometimes, the animal will just run on stored energy a short distance.”
“Many animals are taken every year with underpowered rounds, shot placement is the key.”
“And one thing to remember bullet placement is more important than cartridge size.”
“Shelters could call social services, which could lead to long-term placement in foster care, but experience shows that a temporary solution benefits children who may not ultimately need to be separated from their families, but need help, according to Clausen.”
The Huffington Post: Jason Salzman: Should Homeless 19-Year-Olds Be Allowed in Foster Care?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘placement’.
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AFCO - fundamental rights
as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
servitude, register, rule of law, protocol, preamble, pluralism, orientation, placement, parental, inviolable, ombudsman, health care and 357 more...
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INTERP - terminology management terms
Terms from the fields of terminology, lexicography, lexicology and corpus linguistics
reworder, rewording, parser, parsing, tagger, tagging, aligner, aligning, content analysis, content analyzer, corpus management, glossary and 546 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Having: C; m; e
Goodies pulled from a list I've compiled of most-every word having these letters in common — It's going take to take a long, long time to actually get through (and I may want to extend it lat...
chamber, chimney, compesce, imperch, ipom�ic, lambency, premier cru, recumbence, simnelcake, succumbence, umbeschew, almacle and 631 more...
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-ent
salient, sentient, sentiment, prominent, eminent, apparent, fervent, placement, predicament, malevolent, maleficent, beneficent and 89 more...
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