placement

American  

[plays-muhnt] / ˈpleɪs mənt /

noun

• placements
  plural

1. the act of placing.

2. the state of being placed.

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

4. location; arrangement.

   the placement of furniture.

5. Football.

   1. the placing of the ball on the ground in attempting a place kick.

   2. the position of the ball.

   3. a place kick.

   4. a score made by a place kick.

      Jones made 43 consecutive placements last season.

6. (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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placement British  

/ ˈpleɪsmənt /

noun

1. the act of placing or the state of being placed

2. arrangement or position

3. the process or business of finding employment

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• preplacement
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• placements
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of placement

First recorded in 1835–45; place + -ment

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

placement placements

Town + Country, a domestic placement agency owned by Care.com, has seen a 64% increase in requests for house managers so far this year compared to 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The DoH said even though there had been an increase in health trust-recruited foster carers, there were still significant pressures in providing a placement for every child who needs one.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

New Jersey’s law, also passed this year, bars landlords from prohibiting balcony solar while requiring tenants to provide notice and adhere to “reasonable restrictions” on panel size and placement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

It also is expanding programs that give priority to unsheltered individuals for immediate placement into housing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

If their placement had been designed to symbolize a separation from the Court of Honor’s technological advances, then what messages were their actual content meant to send?

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

More disturbing are the annual Tarbell fellowships: “10 weeks of intensive AI journalism fundamentals training” and then “9 month placements at a newsroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

If the answer is a private-equity or asset-management firm, ask how much of the general account sits in private placements and loans to affiliates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nevertheless, the pattern offers a possible explanation for why apparently similar electrode placements can produce different results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

There had been multiple assessments and residential placements as Jean tried to keep Tye.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Valerie Jarrett helped me arrange placements in the mayor’s office and the city health department, where Allies would work on a neighborhood-based childhood immunization project.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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