2. Noun. The action of the verb ''to place'' ¹
3. Noun. The condition of being placed ¹
4. Noun. The position of a competitor at the end of a race ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Placing
1. place [v] - See also: place
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placing
Literary usage of Placing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Advantage hi placing-out appears to lie in the full absorption of the child ...
placing-out can only be practised where an ample number of excellent hornee ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"placing _M M and placing jr=0 in each of the two cases, the value of xa, for the
summit is given by M 3(l-Af) 1 At the point of fall y=0 and For w=4 for n ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"placing it in the hands of Mrs Jennings, who read it aloud with many comments of
satisfaction and praise. " Very well indeed !—how prettily she writes ! ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... Peacock—the last named took up the problem of placing the teaching of algebra
more in ... and with the object of placing it on a more scientific basis, ..."
5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1914)
"STANDARDS OF placing OUT IN FREE FAMILY HOMES Wilfred S. Reynolds, ... The history
of placing children in free family homes points clearly to periods of ..."
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