placement

«placement» in Mova's school dictionary: Putting something in a certain place or position: «the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a placement, placements)

meaning for a pupil

1) Putting something in a certain place or position: «the placement of the furniture». tree →

2) (UK, Ireland, Australia) A short job or training time in a workplace to get experience: «a work placement». tree →

3) Finding a place for someone, like a school, job or home: «a school placement». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school: «placement test» decides the right class or level; older students do work placements. In maths and writing: «the placement of digits» (place value) and «placement of commas» affect the meaning. In everyday life: the placement of a smoke alarm matters for safety. Phrases: «work placement», «placement test», «product placement» (brands shown in films).

examples

• The placement test showed which reading group I should join. tree →
• My sister has a work placement at a vet's. tree →
• The placement of the smoke alarm is on the ceiling. tree →
• Careful placement of the decimal point changes the number. tree →
• The placement of the plants by the window helps them grow. tree →
• Product placement means films show brand names to advertise them. tree →
• The page numbers in the List of Illustrations do not reflect the new placement of the illustrations, but are as in the original. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: place; noun: placement. In maths the idea is «place value»: the placement of a digit gives its value (3 in 30 means thirty).

In the corpora

• Product placement is when companies pay to show their products in films and shows; it is advertising hidden in entertainment.
• Product placement is when companies pay for their products to appear in films or shows; it is advertising hidden in entertainment.
• A brand of soda in a film is often product placement: the company paid for it to be there.
• Not every placement works.
• Some foster placements are short, some long-term, until the child grows up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «placement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.