placement

[ pleys-muhnt ]

/ ˈpleɪs mənt /

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noun

the act of placing.

the state of being placed.

the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.

location; arrangement: the placement of furniture.

Football.

the placing of the ball on the ground in attempting a place kick.
the position of the ball.
a place kick.
a score made by a place kick: Jones made 43 consecutive placements last season.

(in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) a winning shot in which the ball or shuttlecock is so hit that one's opponent is unable to return it.

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Origin of placement

First recorded in 1835–45; place + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM placement

pre·place·ment, noun

Words nearby placement

place in the sun, place kick, placeless, placeman, place mat, placement, placement test, placename, placenta, placental, placentate

How to use placement in a sentence

The e-commerce giant is peddling plenty of advertising space to companies hoping to give their items prime placement in front of Amazon’s legions of shoppers.
Amazon’s ad business is pandemic-proof|Marc Bain|August 17, 2020|Quartz
Enhanced features can include placement in the Top stories carousel, host carousel, Visual stories, and rich result features such as headline text and larger-than-thumbnail images.
Google rich results test tool adds support for article structured data|Barry Schwartz|August 10, 2020|Search Engine Land
It performed an eye tracking analysis and also tested different placements for Google in the list.
DuckDuckGo: Google’s mobile share would drop 20% with new search choice screen|Greg Sterling|August 10, 2020|Search Engine Land
After monitoring this listing for over 6 months, it continues to rank and undoubtedly reaps the benefits of local traffic from a prime placement in the local pack.
Guide: How to structure a local SEO strategy for your business|Christian Carere|August 6, 2020|Search Engine Watch

Other researchers have tried using proteins or polymers to mimic the viral core before, the team explained, but are limited in the variety of viral protein placements because of the material’s properties.
How Fake Viruses Can Help Us Make the Best Possible Vaccines|Shelly Fan|July 7, 2020|Singularity Hub
Product placement aside, the idea that animals go to heaven raises a whole host of interesting questions for Thea and Noah.
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets|Candida Moss|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of better advanced placement tests.
RNC to Congress: Investigate the AP U.S. History Exam|Gideon Resnick|August 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Daryl Camarillo, founder of California-based placement agency Stanford Park Nannies, echoed that sentiment.
When Mrs. Doubtfire Won’t Leave|Keli Goff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Re-evaluating the placement of products in exchanges is just one aspect of this holistic approach to strengthening values.
Gagging the Corps: A Marine Commandant’s War on Newsprint|David Abrams|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some, like Smart Socks, measure strike speed and heel placement for runner trying to get that next PR.
Fitness Tracker 101: Everything You Need to Know About Your New Gadget|Megan Humphreys|December 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Minor changes have been made in the Table of Illustrations to reflect final placement of the illustrations.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
To match the other volumes in this series, the list for the placement of images was positioned after the Table of Contents.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Rick and Scotty watched the placement of the nuclear explosive—a simple steel can, from the outside—in the big hole.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Given the approximate placement of figures, the reader may need to scroll up or down a bit to find the figure.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
(There was a chime) Lunar Projects Placement is here to serve you.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for placement

placement

/ (ˈpleɪsmənt) /

noun

the act of placing or the state of being placed

arrangement or position

the process or business of finding employment

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