placement
//ˈpleɪ̯smənt//
formalForms
- Plural
- placements
Definitions
1.The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
2.A location or position.
- It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.
3.The act of matching a person with a job.
- The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.
4.A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4914
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Word family
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.