placement

noun

place·​ment ˈplās-mənt 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Eminem fills three spaces on the tally, tying Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and Tyler, the Creator for the second-most placements this frame. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Teams are allowed to sell jersey patch placement on the upper left corner of uniforms as well as a larger spot under the numbers on the front of the jersey. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

This one, Eimers went on, was unlikely to do that, because of the bludgeoning of the post and the placement of the bolts. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

This placement is temporary since the location picked by the president has to be shored up before installing the statue, the White House official said. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing placement

• placement test
• product placement

Rhymes for placement

• abasement
• debasement
• defacement
• displacement
• effacement
• emplacement
• encasement
• misplacement
• outplacement
• replacement
• basement

Kids Definition

placement

noun

place·​ment ˈplā-smənt 

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