placement (redirected from placements)

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	placement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" arrangement 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.	placement - the act of putting something in a certain place locating, positioning, emplacement, location, position 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

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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 placements → en la empresa tenemos estudiantes en prácticas

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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] n → nom m de lieu

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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

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

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

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