Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

placing

/ˈpleɪsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: plac-ing
IPA: /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of place

noun

The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.

noun

The condition of being placed.

noun

The position of a competitor at the end of a race.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

placings (plural)

Rhymes With

facing racing replacing chasing embracing tracing spacing casing pacing basing bracing erasing

Questions

How do you pronounce placing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/.
What does placing mean?: present participle and gerund of place

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