placement
- noun
- /ˈpleɪsmənt/
- Specialized
- You all have your living assignment and job placements, so go out and get moved in.
- job placement
- student placement
- placement process
And so I got this placement in hairdressers.
- And so I got this placement in hairdressers.
- My friend went and did a placement year, I think it was placement year for old school.
- So this is when I was with Atlantic and they was like, we got you a placement with with with this Harley Quinn movie.
Examples
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Look into their, the school's career services, their job placement services.
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After completing her degree, she found a job through a job placement agency that specializes in her field.
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And then a job placement place, yeah.
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But he has not gotten any special placement for the last four, maybe five, school years?
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In this program, student teachers are in each placement for only 8 weeks.
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Yesterday we made it clear that employment placement firms are suffering.
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They feel that this is the best placement for you.
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So, what kind of placement are you looking for, Lynette?
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Students were randomly selected for placement in each of the classrooms per the school's normal placement methods.
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Among older people, falls are a strong predictor of placement in a skilled nursing facility.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
An official job or position someone is given
Putting someone into a job or role
Giving someone a job in a company
The act of hiring someone to work at a company
Antonyms
Compounds
How Suitable
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Placement comes from the simple word place meaning 'position' and the ending -ment meaning 'an action or result'. So placement can mean putting a person into a position, which is why schools and agencies talk about 'placement' when they help someone find a job.