🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

práctica

Pronunciation / Transliteration: prak-ti-kah

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Work Placement/wɜːrk ˈpleɪsmənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Ella realizó una práctica en una empresa tecnológica."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A period of work experience offered by an organization as part of an educational course.

    "During her university studies, she completed a work placement at a local hospital."
  2. 2

    The act of placing someone in a job or position.

    "The work placement program aims to help students gain valuable industry experience."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'work placement' combines the word 'work', derived from Old English 'weorc', meaning physical or mental effort, and 'placement', from Latin 'placere', meaning to please or to place. The phrase has evolved to refer specifically to practical experience in a work environment, particularly in educational contexts since the late 20th century.

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