placing: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Prefixes of placing

  • replacing
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    replacing

    • noun the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
      replacement.
      • replacing the star will not be easy
    • verb substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
      replace.
      • He replaced the old razor blade
      • We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
      • the insurance will replace the lost income
      • This antique vase can never be replaced

  • displacing
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    displace

    • verb cause to move, usually with force or pressure
      • the refugees were displaced by the war
    • verb take the place of or have precedence over
      preempt.
      • live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
      • discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor

  • misplacing
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    misplace

    • verb place (something) where one cannot find it again
      mislay; lose.
      • I misplaced my eyeglasses
    • verb place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
      • misplaced modifiers

  • emplacing
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    emplace

    • verb provide a new emplacement for guns
    • verb put into place or position
      • the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar



Suffixes of placing

  • placings
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    place

    • noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region
      spot; topographic point.
      • this is a nice place for a picnic
      • a bright spot on a planet
    • noun any area set aside for a particular purpose
      property.
      • who owns this place?
      • the president was concerned about the property across from the White House





About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `placing`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `placing`, some are not.

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