placement
Syllables: place·ment/ˈpleːsmənt/UK/ˈpleɪ̯smənt/
placement noun: the act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
Noun
placement (countable and uncountable, plural placements)
- The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- A location or position.
- It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.
- The act of matching a person with a job.
- The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.
- A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
- During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes into a project of this scale.2021 May 19, Paul Stephen, “Our railway in RAIL's next 40 years: Amy McAllister”, in RAIL, number 931, page 36
- The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.
placement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
placement in Hindi
- प्लेसमेंट
placement in Tamil
- அமைவுறுதல், பணியமர்த்தம், பணியில் அமர்த்துதல், பதவியமர்நிலை, பதவியிருக்கை, பதவித்தரம்
placement in Urdu
- پلیسمنٹ
placement in Bengali
- স্থাননির্ণয়
More languagesFewer languages
- placement in Telugu
- ప్లేస్మెంట్
- placement in Malayalam
- നിയമനം niyamanaṁ
- placement in Kannada
- ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ, ಇಡುವುದು, ನಿಯೋಜನೆ, ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾದ ಏರ್ಪಾಡು
- placement in Punjabi
- ਪਲੇਸਮੈਂਟ, ਪਲੇਸਮੇਂਟ
- placement in Gujarati
- પ્લેસમેન્ટ, પ્લેસમેંટ
- placement in Nepali
- प्लेसमेन्ट, प्लेस्मेन्ट, प्लेसमेंट
- placement in Arabic
- وَضْع waḍʕ
Examples of placement in a sentence
- The placement of the paintings mirrored the positions of the windows on the opposite wall.
- The winner of each battle will earn themselves a top placement.
- Appropriate placement of stylesheets and JavaScripts improves the perceived page load times and prevents browsers getting blocked.
Forms of placement
| plural | placements |
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Origin of placement
From place + -ment.
Words formed from placement
Phrases with placement
Words that rhyme with placement
Questions about placement
- What does placement mean?
- Placement means the act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- What is placement in Hindi?
- Placement in Hindi is प्लेसमेंट. See Placement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is placement?
- Placement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce placement?
- Placement is pronounced /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of placement?
- The plural of placement is placements.
Words near placement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: placement (page history and authors); placement (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); placement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placement (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); placement (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placement (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); placement (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placement (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); placement (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); placement (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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