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1place|ment — «PLAYS muhnt», noun. 1. the act or process of placing: »Representatives of the social agencies that really do the work of child placement answered (New York Times). 2. the state of being placed; location; arrangement. 3. the act or process of… …
2place·ment — /ˈpleısmənt/ noun, pl ments 1 : the act of putting something in a particular place [noncount] the strategic placement of products at the entrance of a store the placement of microphones around the room [count] The director tried several different …
3mis|place´ment — mis|place «mihs PLAYS», transitive verb, placed, plac|ing. 1. Informal. to put in a place and then forget where it is; mislay: »I have misplaced my pencil. 2. to put in a wrong place: »misplaced acts of foolery (Charles Lamb) …
4em|place|ment — «ehm PLAYS muhnt», noun. 1. a space or platform for heavy weapons or equipment. 2. an assigning to a place; a locating …
5dis|place|ment — «dihs PLAYS muhnt», noun. 1. the act of displacing. 2. a being displaced: »His laziness caused his displacement from office. 3. a) the weight of the volume of liquid or gas displaced by a body floating in it. This weight is equal to that of the… …
6out|place|ment — «OWT PLAYS muhnt», noun. the act or process of outplacing: »The outplacement firms have their critics. Some industrial psychologists feel that an executive who has been fired needs the determination to reassess his abilities and find a job on his …
7re|place|ment — «rih PLAYS muhnt», noun. 1. the act of replacing: »The law required the replacement of wooden railroad cars by steel cars. 2. the condition of being replaced. 3. something or someone that replaces, such as a person who replaces another of similar …
8ret|ro|dis|place|ment — «REHT ruh dihs PLAYS muhnt», noun. displacement backward: »retrodisplacement of the uterus …
9place — dis·place; dis·place·able; em·place; em·place·ment; im·place·ment; mis·place; place; place·able; place·less; place·man; place·ment; re·place; re·place·abil·i·ty; re·place·able; re·place·ment; trans·place; la·place; dis·place·ment;… …
10ment — abate·ment; al·i·ment; ap·prove·ment; aug·ment; ce·ment; com·ment; com·part·ment; com·ple·ment; com·pli·ment; con·sign·ment; de·ment; de·part·ment; dis·place·ment; doc·u·ment; el·e·ment; en·ti·tle·ment; en·vi·ron·ment; es·tab·lish·ment;… …
