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place·ment  (plsmnt)
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 [ˈpleɪsmənt]
n
1. the act of placing or the state of being placed
2. arrangement or position
3. the process or business of finding employment
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.placementplacement - 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
ramification - an arrangement of branching parts
spatial arrangement, spacing - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
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.placementplacement - 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"
interposition, intervention - the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
orientation - the act of orienting
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
repositioning - the act of placing in a new position
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.
2. appointment, employment, engagement, assignment He had a six-month work placement with the Japanese government.
Translations
placement [ˈpleɪsmənt] N (= positioning) → colocación f (Comm), emplazamiento m
students come to our company on work placementsen la empresa tenemos estudiantes en prácticas

placement [ˈpleɪsmənt] n
(in job, home, school)placement m
(also work placement) (for trainee)stage m
to do a work placement → faire un stage en entreprise
[object, device] → mise f en place
The treatment involves the placement of electrodes in the inner ear → Le traitement implique la mise en place d'électrodes dans l'oreille interne.
placement office n (US)bureau m de placement
placement test n (US)test m de niveau
place-name [ˈpleɪsneɪm] nnom m de lieu

placement
n
(= act: of social worker, teacher etc) → Platzierung f; (= finding job for)Vermittlung f
(Brit) (= period: of trainee) → Praktikum nt; I’m here on a six-month placement (for in-service training etc) → ich bin hier für sechs Monate zur Weiterbildung; (on secondment) → ich bin für sechs Monate hierhin überwiesen worden

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

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