placement

noun

place·​ment ˈplās-mənt How to pronounce placement (audio)
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1
: an act or instance of placing: such as
a
: an accurately hit ball (as in tennis) that an opponent cannot return
b
: the assignment of a person to a suitable place (such as a job or a class in school)
2
: placekick

Examples of placement in a Sentence

the strategic placement of products at the entrance of a store the placement of microphones around the room The director tried several different camera placements for the scene. The agency has overseen the placement of hundreds of children in loving homes. the placement of unemployed workers
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That everyday boyishness is the reason Disney Kids & Family’s senior vice president of casting, Brenda Kelly Grant, and her team gravitated to Barton for placement across the Disney portfolio. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 Job placement tracks whether recent graduating cohorts — 2020 through 2025 — landed a full-time role or entered graduate school within a year of finishing their degree. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 This combination enables more precise foot placement, improved balance, and smoother movement across challenging surfaces. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 Alabama, meanwhile, remains a persistent outlier, retaining the highest relative fatality burden even when normalized against population size, indicating that exposure alone does not fully account for its placement in the distribution. — Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for placement

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of placement was in 1795

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“Placement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/placement. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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placement

noun
place·​ment ˈplā-smənt How to pronounce placement (audio)
1
: an act or instance of placing
especially : the assignment of a person to a suitable place (as a class in school or a job)
2
: placekick

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