Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outplace

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-place
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.

verb

To move to a new location; displace; remove; oust.

Example Sentences

"At the same time, the District of Columbia and the Department of Health and Human Services are under the 1976 Federal court decision, Dixon versus Sullivan and Dixon to outplace patients residing in St. Elizabeths Hospital into community residential facilities."
"Most will have to outplace the student to a private alternative school with more intensive special education than the public school can offer."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English place English outplace From out- + place.

Inflected Forms

outplaces (present, singular) outplacing (participle, present) outplaced (participle, past) outplaced (past)

Derived Forms

outplacee outplacement outplacer

Questions

What does outplace mean?: To terminate a person's employment, but help the former employee to obtain another post.
Where does outplace come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English place English outplace From out- + place.

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