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well-placed

well-placed adjective: cleverly or judiciously positioned.

Adjective

well-placed (comparative better-placed or more well-placed, superlative best-placed or most well-placed)

  1. Cleverly or judiciously positioned.
  2. Having an advantageous position.
    • "The Government is moving away from the idea of a new arm's length body to oversee the railway. It needs a much quicker solution that would involve giving Network Rail whole-industry planning and other extra responsibilities," a well-placed source told RAIL.2020 July 29, Paul Clifton, “Network Rail lined up to 'take control' of rail services”, in Rail, page 6

Forms of well-placed

comparativebetter-placed
comparativemore well-placed
superlativebest-placed
superlativemost well-placed
alternative formwell placed

Questions about well-placed

What does well-placed mean?
Well-placed means cleverly or judiciously positioned.
What part of speech is well-placed?
Well-placed is an adjective.

Words near well-placed in the dictionary

  1. well-orderings
  2. well-orders
  3. well-organized
  4. well-padded
  5. well-paid
  6. well-placed
  7. well-planned
  8. well-pleased
  9. well-pointed
  10. well-posed
  11. well-posedness

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