place‧ment /ˈpleɪsmənt/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Word Family: noun: place, placement, placing, displacement, replacement; verb: place, displace, misplace, replace; adjective: displaced, misplaced, replaceable]

1. the act of finding a place for someone to live or work:
The centre provides a job placement service.
placement of
the placement of children in foster homes
They lived on campus, but this was just a temporary placement.

2. British English a job, usually as part of a course of study, which gives you experience of a particular type of work
on placement
Students are sent out on placement for training.
a forty-five day placement in a factory

3. when something is placed somewhere or when you decide where something should go
placement of
the placement of fire hydrants along the city’s streets

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲