transplacement
- noun
- /trænsˈpleɪsmənt/
- Formal
- The company initiated a transplacement program to help employees find roles that better suited their skills.
Examples
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After a review of his performance, the manager informed him of his transplacement to another department.
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Due to restructuring, her transplacement meant moving to a different office in a nearby city.
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Such gene transplacement is commonplace in yeast, where it is used to study gene function in the cell.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
30
3.1
Moving to a new place to live or work
18
3.7
Moving from one place or state to another
18
3.9
To move a person to a different job or role
15
4.8
The act of moving someone or a thing to a new place
12
6.1
Moving people out of their job or home
9
6.8
Moving staff and equipment to new jobs or places to use them better
2
4.2
Moving something or someone to a new position
1
2.4
A move of something from one place to another
1
6.3
The act of moving something between places or people
Antonyms
How Disruptive
- Specialized
9
6.8
30
3.1
- Formal
18
3.9
44
3.2
- UK
1
8.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transplacement mixes trans- ('across') with placement from place ('put'), much like the word transfer. It is used for moving people across jobs or locations, which is why it means reassigning or relocating an employee.