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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed;
- Example: "the arrangement of the furniture"
- Example: "the placement of the chairs"
[syn: placement, arrangement]

2. contact established between applicants and prospective employees;
- Example: "the agency provided placement services"

3. the act of putting something in a certain place;
[syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Placement \Place"ment\, n. [Cf. F. placement.] 1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. [1913 Webster] 2. Position; place. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

placement n 1: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" [syn: placement, arrangement] 2: contact established between applicants and prospective employees; "the agency provided placement services" 3: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

130 Moby Thesaurus words for "placement": abode, accedence, accession, accounting for, allocation, allotment, analysis, answerability, application, appointment, apportionment, area, arrangement, array, arraying, arrogation, ascription, assignation, assignment, assortment, attachment, attribution, bearings, bench mark, blame, cataloging, categorization, charge, classification, codification, collation, collocation, connection with, constitution, coronation, credit, culling, deployment, deposit, deposition, derivation from, disposal, disposition, distribution, district, division, emplacement, employment, engagement, enthronement, etiology, filing, form, formation, formulation, gradation, grading, grouping, hiring, hole, honor, imputation, inauguration, indexing, induction, installation, installment, instatement, investiture, lading, latitude and longitude, lieu, loading, locale, locality, localization, locating, location, locus, marshaling, order, ordering, organization, packing, palaetiology, pigeonholing, pinpoint, pinpointing, place, placing, point, position, positioning, posting, putting, ranging, ranking, rating, reference to, regimentation, region, reposition, responsibility, saddling, screening, selection, sifting, site, situation, situs, sorting, sorting out, spot, spotting, stationing, stead, storage, stowage, stratification, structuring, subdivision, subordination, syntax, tabulation, taking office, taxonomy, triage, typology, whereabout, whereabouts