| Main Entry: | location |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or activity |
Synonyms: |
area, bearings, district, fix*, hole, locale, locality, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
| Concept: | Location. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE SPACE |
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-nouns
location, localization; lodgment; deposition, reposition; stowage, package; collocation; packing, lading; establishment, settlement, installation; fixation; insertion., anchorage, mooring, encampment., plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment; colonization, domestication, situation; habitation (abode); cohabitation; "a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]; endenization, naturalization.
-verbs
place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant (insert); shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in., billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag., inhabit (be present); domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house., endenizen, naturalize, adopt., put back, replace (restore) [more].
-adjectives
placed; situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted; domesticated; vested in, unremoved., moored; at anchor.
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| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or business where one can be contacted |
Synonyms: |
abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code |
| Main Entry: | bearing/bearings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, usually of water vehicle |
Synonyms: |
aim, course, direction, location, orientation, point of compass, position, situation, track, way, whereabouts |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finding, uncovering |
Synonyms: |
analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certification, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verification |
Antonyms: |
loss, miss |
| Main Entry: | distribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, assortment, disposal, disposition, grouping, location, order, ordering, organization, placement, sequence |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
Synonyms: |
area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambience, ambient, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, mise-en-scène, nabe, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf |
| Main Entry: | orientation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, adjustment |
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acclimatization, adaptation, assimilation, bearings, breaking in, coordination, direction, familiarization, fix*, lay of the land, location, position, sense of direction, settling in |
Antonyms: |
disorientation, mix-up |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical place |
Synonyms: |
area, bearings, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography, tract, whereabouts |