English > location: 4 senses > noun 1, Tops| Meaning | A point or extent in space. |
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| Part of | space, infinite | The unlimited expanse in which everything is located |
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| Narrower | Earth, earth | The abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) |
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| base, home | The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end |
| bilocation | The ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations |
| east | A location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city |
| here | The present location |
| home | The country or state or city where you live |
| jungle | A location marked by an intense competition and struggle / struggle / struggle for survival |
| line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
| north | A location in the northern part of a country, region, or city |
| northeast | A location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city |
| northwest | A location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city |
| outer space, space | Any location outside the Earth's atmosphere |
| pass, mountain pass, notch | The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks |
| point | The precise location of something |
| region, part | The extended spatial location of something |
| region | A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth |
| seat | The location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based |
| sodom | Any location known for vice and corruption |
| somewhere | An indefinite or unknown location |
| south | A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city |
| southeast | A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city |
| southwest | A location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city |
| space | An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) |
| there | A location other than here |
| west | A location in the western part of a country, region, or city |
| whereabouts | The general location where something is |
| Broader | object, physical object | A tangible and visible entity |
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| Spanish | lugar, ubicación |
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| Catalan | lloc, ubicació |
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| Verbs | locate | take up residence and become established |
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| locate | discover the location of |
| locate | assign a location to |
| locate | determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey |
English > location: 4 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of putting something in a certain place. |
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| Synonyms | placement, locating, position, positioning, emplacement |
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| Narrower | fingering | The placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument |
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| implantation | The act of planting or setting in the ground |
| interposition, intervention | The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others |
| juxtaposition, apposition, collocation | The act of positioning close together (or side by side) |
| orientation | The act of orienting / orienting |
| planting | The act of fixing firmly in place |
| repositioning | The act of placing in a new position |
| set | The act of putting something in position |
| stratification | The placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination |
| superposition | The placement of one thing on top of another |
| superposition | (geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Spanish | colocación, emplazamiento, lugar, posicionamiento, posición, situación, ubicación |
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| Catalan | col·locació, emplaçament, lloc, posició, posicionament, ubicació |
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| Verbs | locate | take up residence and become established |
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| locate | assign a location to |
