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placeable

/ˈpleɪsəbəl/

placeable adjective: capable of being placed.

Adjective

placeable (comparative more placeable, superlative most placeable)

  1. Capable of being placed.

Noun

placeable (plural placeables)

  1. A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
    • I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.1974, Studs Terkel, Working, →ISBN, page 423
  2. In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
  3. Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.

Forms of placeable

Adjective
comparativemore placeable
superlativemost placeable
Noun
pluralplaceables

Origin of placeable

From place + -able.

Questions about placeable

What does placeable mean?
Placeable means capable of being placed.
What part of speech is placeable?
Placeable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce placeable?
Placeable is pronounced /ˈpleɪsəbəl/.

Words near placeable in the dictionary

  1. place-mongers
  2. place-name
  3. place-names
  4. placeabilities
  5. placeability
  6. placeable
  7. placeables
  8. placebic
  9. placeblog
  10. placeblogs
  11. placebo

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