placing

plac-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of place; putting something in a particular position.

  2. 2.

    Positioning someone or something in a particular rank or category.

Related words

Antonyms: removing, taking
See also: place, positioning, setting
Synonyms: positioning, putting, setting

Etymology

From Old French place, from Latin platea ("courtyard, broad street"), from Greek plateia ("broad way").