placement

placement
noun
1. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed (Freq. 6)
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the arrangement of the furniture

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the placement of the chairs

• Syn: ↑arrangement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑arrange (for: ↑arrangement), ↑place
• Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑spatial relation
• Hyponyms:
2. contact established between applicants and prospective employees (Freq. 2)
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the agency provided placement services

• Hypernyms: ↑contact
3. the act of putting something in a certain place (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑location, ↑locating, ↑position, ↑positioning, ↑emplacement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑emplace (for: ↑emplacement), ↑position (for: ↑positioning), ↑position (for: ↑position), ↑posit (for: ↑position), ↑locate (for: ↑location)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity
• Hyponyms:

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