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place·ment

(plās′mənt)

a. The act of placing or arranging.

b. The state of being placed or arranged.

a. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants.

b. Assignment of students to appropriate classes or programs.

3. The sale of a new issue of stock, bonds, or other securities.

4. Football

a. The setting of the ball in position for a place kick.

b. A place kick.

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placement

(ˈpleɪsmənt)

1. the act of placing or the state of being placed

2. arrangement or position

3. the process or business of finding employment

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place•ment

(ˈpleɪs mənt)

1. the act of placing, as in a suitable job, grade, or school.

2. the state of being placed.

3. location; arrangement: the placement of furniture.

4. (in sports) the placing or directing of a ball, regarded in terms of tactics or skill.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

placement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"

formation - a particular spatial arrangement

spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"

columniation - (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure

composing, composition - the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"

fenestration - the arrangement of windows in a building

proportionality, balance, proportion - harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

alignment - the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

misalignment - the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned

tandem - an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another

placement - contact established between applicants and prospective employees; "the agency provided placement services"

contact - close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"

placement - the act of putting something in a certain place

activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

stratification - the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

juxtaposition, collocation, apposition - the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

planting - the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway"

implantation - the act of planting or setting in the ground

set - the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat"

superposition - the placement of one thing on top of another

fingering - the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

superposition - (geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide

placement

noun

1. positioning, stationing, arrangement, location, ordering, distribution, locating, installation, deployment, disposition, emplacement The treatment involves the placement of electrodes in the inner ear.

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placement

noun

1. A way or condition of being arranged:

arrangement, categorization, classification, deployment, disposal, disposition, distribution, formation, grouping, layout, lineup, order, organization, sequence.

2. The place where a person or thing is located:

Translations

umístění

placering

sijoituspaikka

postavljanje

配置

배치

placering

การจัดวาง

vị trí

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placement

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placement

[ˈpleɪsmənt] n (in group, accommodation) → collocamento; (of trainee) → stage m inv

placement

→ وَضْع umístění placering Stellung τοποθέτηση colocación sijoituspaikka placement postavljanje collocamento 配置 배치 plaatsing plassering rozmieszczenie colocação размещение placering การจัดวาง yerleştirme vị trí 放置

placement

n colocación f; (of a patient) traslado, arreglo de dónde va a vivir (se aplica al paciente demasiado debilitado para quedarse en casa o para regresar a la casa tras una hospitalización); Your father is going to be discharged soon and we need to decide about placement..Le van a dar de alta pronto a su papá y tenemos que decidir a dónde va a ir…Placement is going to be difficult because he requires round-the-clock care..Arreglar (Decidir) dónde va a vivir será difícil porque requiere atención a todas horas.