placement — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

advanced, considered, different, enabling, english, free, full, high

My daughter received advanced placement in mathematics after scoring well on the entrance exam.

VERB + PLACEMENT

guarantee, take

The agency guaranteed placement within three months or we would receive a full refund.

PLACEMENT + NOUN

berber, bureau, exams, language, poster, students, supervisor, week

The university uses placement exams to determine which language courses students should take.

PREP.

about, during, in, in, on, on, unlike, with

The teacher made a decision about placement after reviewing each student's test scores.

ADV.

also

The student's placement also helped her understand what career path she wanted to pursue.

Definitions

noun

1

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

2

A location or position.

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

3

The act of matching a person with a job.

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

4

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

During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes into a project of this scale.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of putting something in a certain place

noun — the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

arrangement

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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

Wiktionary

02

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

Wiktionary

03

During my first placement on Enabling Works on the Curzon Street Station site, I was able to visit the site on many occasions, which allowed me to gain a greater appreciation of the work that goes int

Wiktionary

04

The college has a placement bureau for students.

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05

My placement supervisor allowed me to take a day off.

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06

The show is full of product placement.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, placement is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.