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placeable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpleɪsəbəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English place
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English placeable
From place + -able.
Meanings
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Capable of being placed.
Forms
placeable en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpleɪsəbəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
English place
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English placeable
From place + -able.
Meanings
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A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.
1974, Studs Terkel, Working, →ISBN, page 423:
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In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
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Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
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locatum verb · term · employable