| Main Entry: | venue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene |
Synonyms: |
ground, locale, place, setting, site, thrust |
| Main Entry: | forum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
Synonyms: |
agency, apparatus, avenue, backdrop, channel, framework, means, mechanism, medium, meeting place, place, scene, stage, vehicle, venue |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
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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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
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abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Main Entry: | rendezvous |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for get-together |
Synonyms: |
gathering point, hangout, haunt, love nest, meeting place, purlieu, resort, spot, stomping ground, venue, watering hole |
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
Synonyms: |
area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, locality, location, locus, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | public sale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | auction |
Synonyms: |
Dutch auction, auctioneering, roup, sale by auction, venue |
| Concept: | Location. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE SPACE |
Synonyms: |
-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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| Concept: | [Limited space] Place. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook (corner); hole; pigeonhole (receptacle); compartment; premises, precinct, station; area, courtyard, square; abode; locality (situation)., ins and outs; every hole and corner.
-adverbs
somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.
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