Dictionary

placement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpleːsmənt/ US, Canada, monophthongization
• [ˈpʰlæ̝ɪ̯smn̩t] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• [ˈpʰleːsmn̩t] US, Canada, monophthongization
• [ˈpʰleɪ̯smn̩t] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯smənt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English placement From place + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
2. (countable, uncountable) A location or position.
   • It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of matching a person with a job.
   • The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.
4. (UK, countable, uncountable) A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
   • During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes into a project of this scale. 2021 May 19, Paul Stephen, “Our railway in RAIL's next 40 years: Amy McAllister”, in RAIL, number 931, page 36:
5. (countable, uncountable) The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.

Forms

Deriveds

placement test · misplacement · underplacement · malplacement · work placement · product placement · overplacement · planet placement · preplacement · geoplacement · nonplacement · outplacement · job placement · postplacement

Translations (55)

fi sijoitus (the act of placing or putting in place) · es colocación (the act of placing or putting in place) · it collocazione (a location or position) · bg назначение (the act of matching a person with a job) · mi whakatakotoranga (a location or position) · it posizionamento (a location or position) · cmn 放置 (the act of placing or putting in place) · ml നിയമനം (the act of matching a person with a job) · grc θέσις (a location or position) · sk umiestnenie (the act of placing or putting in place) · lv novietojums (a location or position) · it collocamento (a location or position) · bg слагане (the act of placing or putting in place) · pt posicionamento (the act of placing or putting in place) · ru трудоустро́йство (the act of matching a person with a job) · fi sijoittaminen (the act of placing or putting in place) · bg местоположение (a location or position) · hu elhelyezkedés (a location or position) · pt colocação (the act of placing or putting in place) · hu helyezés (the act of placing or putting in place) · de Stellenvermittlung (the act of matching a person with a job) · he מיקום (a location or position) · it collocamento (the act of placing or putting in place) · fr placement (the act of placing or putting in place) · es ponimiento (the act of placing or putting in place) · fi sijainti (a location or position) · tr iş bulma (the act of matching a person with a job) · it collocazione (the act of placing or putting in place) · fi työhönsijoitus (the act of matching a person with a job) · tr yerleştirme (the act of placing or putting in place) · mi whakanohoanga (the act of placing or putting in place) · mi whakatakotoranga (the act of placing or putting in place) · grc θέσις (the act of placing or putting in place) · bg поставяне (the act of placing or putting in place) · hu elhelyezés (the act of placing or putting in place) · de Platzierung (a location or position) · es emplazamiento (the act of placing or putting in place) · cs pokládka (the act of placing or putting in place) · hu besorolás (the act of placing or putting in place) · it piazzamento (the act of placing or putting in place) · pt posicionamento (a location or position) · de Platzierung (the act of placing or putting in place) · tr işe yerleştirme (the act of matching a person with a job) · es colocación (a location or position) · de Stelle (a location or position) · es emplazamiento (a location or position) · ru размеще́ние (the act of placing or putting in place) · hu állásközvetítés (the act of matching a person with a job) · ru расположе́ние (a location or position) · hu szintfelmérés (the act of placing or putting in place) · he מיקום (the act of placing or putting in place) · ar وَضْع (the act of placing or putting in place) · cmn 安置 (the act of placing or putting in place) · fi sijoitus (a location or position) · mi whakanohonga (the act of placing or putting in place)