placing

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ

Verb

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placing

  1. present participle and gerund of place

Noun

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placing (plural placings)

  1. The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
    • 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:
      There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other.
  2. The condition of being placed.
  3. The position of a competitor at the end of a race.

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