What does placement mean?
Word: Placement
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Placement means the act of putting something in a particular place. It also means finding someone a job or a seat in a course.
Synonyms: arrangement
Antonyms: removal
How do you spell placement?
Syllables: place - ment
Tricky part: The e of place stays when ment is added. Placment, without that e, is the most common mistake.
Watch out for: placment, placemant, placemment
Memory tip: Do not break place: keep all five of its letters, silent e included, before the ending goes on.
Placement in a sentence
Example 1: The placement of the sofa made the room look bigger.
Example 2: My cousin got a job through campus placement.
Example 3: Careful placement of the pots gave each plant enough sun.
Fun Fact
Place came into English from French, and before that from the Latin platea, a broad street. The words plaza and piazza, both meaning an open town square, come from the same Latin word.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
place
a) mant
b) mend
c) mint
d) ment
Show answer
d) ment. Place + ment gives placement; the e of place stays.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
plaicement
a) c
b) e
c) i
d) a
Show answer
c) i. Place has no i in it, so placement has none either.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) plasement
b) equipment
c) arrangement
d) movement
Show answer
a) plasement. Placement takes the c of place, even though it sounds like s.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: placement
a) statement
b) position
c) payment
d) argument
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b) position. In the placement of the sofa, placement means the position it is put in.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A placement test is taken to ____.
a) check how much you have grown
b) decide your seat on the bus
c) find the right level for you
d) pick the next class monitor
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c) find the right level for you
2. Where in a room is the careful placement of a lamp most useful?
a) high above the front door
b) inside a glass cabinet
c) next to a reading chair
d) on the floor behind the sofa
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c) next to a reading chair
