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placement

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈphleɪ̯smn̩t]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈpleːsmənt/ US, Canada, monophthongization
  • [ˈphleːsmn̩t] US, Canada, monophthongization
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯smənt/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈphlæ̝ɪ̯smn̩t]
  • rhymes with -eɪsmənt
  • CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 S M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A location or position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of matching a person with a job.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

contact established between applicants and prospective employees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the agency provided placement services

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contact

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of putting something in a certain place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: stratification, juxtaposition, apposition, collocation, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering

8

noun

Meaning 8

the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the arrangement of the furniture
  • the placement of the chairs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arrangement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, spatial relation

Narrower terms: formation, columniation, composition, composing, fenestration, proportion, proportionality, balance, alignment, misalignment, ramification, spacing, spatial arrangement, tandem

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English placement From place + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَضْع (waḍʕ) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Bulgarian: слагане (slagane) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Bulgarian: поставяне (postavjane) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放置 (fàngzhì) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安置 (ānzhì) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Czech: pokládka — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Finnish: sijoittaminen — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Finnish: sijoitus — the act of placing or putting in place
  • French: placement — the act of placing or putting in place
  • German: Platzierung — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Ancient Greek: θέσις (thésis) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Hebrew: מיקום (mikúm) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Hungarian: helyezés — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Hungarian: elhelyezés — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Hungarian: besorolás — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Hungarian: szintfelmérés — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Italian: piazzamento — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Italian: collocazione — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Italian: collocamento — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Māori: whakatakotoranga — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Māori: whakanohonga — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Māori: whakanohoanga — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Portuguese: colocação — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Portuguese: posicionamento — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Russian: размеще́ние (razmeščénije) — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Slovak: umiestnenie — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Spanish: colocación — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Spanish: emplazamiento — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Turkish: yerleştirme — the act of placing or putting in place
  • Bulgarian: местоположение (mestopoloženie) — a location or position
  • Finnish: sijoitus — a location or position
  • Finnish: sijainti — a location or position
  • German: Platzierung — a location or position
  • German: Stelle — a location or position
  • Ancient Greek: θέσις (thésis) — a location or position
  • Hebrew: מיקום (mikúm) — a location or position
  • Hungarian: elhelyezkedés — a location or position
  • Italian: posizionamento — a location or position
  • Italian: collocazione — a location or position
  • Italian: collocamento — a location or position
  • Latvian: novietojums — a location or position
  • Māori: whakatakotoranga — a location or position
  • Portuguese: posicionamento — a location or position
  • Russian: расположе́ние (raspoložénije) — a location or position
  • Spanish: colocación — a location or position
  • Spanish: emplazamiento — a location or position
  • Bulgarian: назначение (naznačenie) — the act of matching a person with a job
  • Finnish: työhönsijoitus — the act of matching a person with a job
  • German: Stellenvermittlung — the act of matching a person with a job
  • Hungarian: állásközvetítés — the act of matching a person with a job
  • Malayalam: നിയമനം (niyamanaṁ) — the act of matching a person with a job
  • Russian: трудоустро́йство (trudoustrójstvo) — the act of matching a person with a job
  • Turkish: iş bulma — the act of matching a person with a job
  • Turkish: işe yerleştirme — the act of matching a person with a job
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