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outplace en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English place English outplace From out- + place.

Meanings

  1. To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.
  2. To move to a new location; displace; remove; oust.
    • At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities. 1949, Congressional Record, page 14195:
    • Most will have to outplace the student to a private alternative school with more intensive special education than the public school can offer. 2014, Donna Mac, LCPC, Toddlers & ADHD: Relief for Parents, A Guide for Clinicians and Teachers

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outplaced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outplaced Tense=Past lexicographic
outplaces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outplacing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

outplacee · outplacer · outplacement