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placeables

placeables is the plural of placeable.

Meaning of placeable

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.

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Questions about placeables

What is placeables the plural of?
Placeables is the plural of placeable.

Words near placeables in the dictionary

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

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