place·ment (pl s m nt)n.1. a. The act of placing or arranging. b. The state of being placed or arranged. 2. a. The finding of suitable accommodation or employment for applicants. b. Assignment of students to appropriate classes or programs. 3. Football a. The setting of the ball in position for a place kick. b. A place kick. |
placement Noun
1. arrangement or position
2. a temporary job which someone is given as part of a training course: many pupils have been on work placements with local businesses
3. the act or an instance of finding someone a job or a home: the main task of the adoption agency is to find the best family placement for each child
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| Noun | 1. | placement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"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" 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 |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | placement - the act of putting something in a certain placeactivity - 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 planting - the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway" set - the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat" 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
Translationsplacement [ˈpleɪsmənt] place
n →
placement m;
(
during studies) →
stage m placement [ˈpleɪsmənt] place n → Platzierung f