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outplacing

outplacing is the present participle and gerund of outplace.

Meaning of outplace

Verb

outplace (third-person singular simple present outplaces, present participle outplacing, simple past and past participle outplaced)

  1. To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.
  2. To move to a new location; displace; remove; oust.
    • At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities.1949, Congressional Record, page 14195

Questions about outplacing

What is outplacing the present participle and gerund of?
Outplacing is the present participle and gerund of outplace.

Words near outplacing in the dictionary

  1. outplacement
  2. outplacements
  3. outplacer
  4. outplacers
  5. outplaces
  6. outplacing
  7. outplan
  8. outplanned
  9. outplanning
  10. outplans
  11. outplant

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