locating

English Thesaurus

1. a determination of the place where something is (noun.act)

hypernym	:	determination, finding,
definition	:	the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation (noun.act)

hyponym	:	echo sounding, echolocation,
definition	:	determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it (noun.act)

2. the act of putting something in a certain place (noun.act)

hypernym	:	activity,
definition	:	any specific behavior (noun.act)

hyponym	:	stratification,
definition	:	the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination (noun.act)

hyponym	:	apposition, collocation, juxtaposition,
definition	:	the act of positioning close together (or side by side) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	interposition, intervention,
definition	:	the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others (noun.act)

hyponym	:	orientation,
definition	:	the act of orienting (noun.act)

hyponym	:	planting,
definition	:	the act of fixing firmly in place (noun.act)

hyponym	:	implantation,
definition	:	the act of planting or setting in the ground (noun.act)

hyponym	:	repositioning,
definition	:	the act of placing in a new position (noun.act)

hyponym	:	set,
definition	:	the act of putting something in position (noun.act)

hyponym	:	superposition,
definition	:	the placement of one thing on top of another (noun.act)

hyponym	:	fingering,
definition	:	the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument (noun.act)

hyponym	:	superposition,
definition	:	(geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide (noun.act)

3. a determination of the place where something is (noun.act)

derivation	:	localise, localize, place, set,
definition	:	locate (verb.creation)

derivation	:	locate, turn up,
definition	:	discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining (verb.possession)

derivation	:	localise, localize,
definition	:	restrict something to a particular area (verb.social)

derivation	:	locate, situate,
definition	:	determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey (verb.stative)

derivation	:	localise, localize, place,
definition	:	identify the location or place of (verb.stative)

4. the act of putting something in a certain place (noun.act)

derivation	:	locate, settle,
definition	:	take up residence and become established (verb.change)

derivation	:	lay, place, pose, position, put, set,
definition	:	put into a certain place or abstract location (verb.contact)

derivation	:	emplace,
definition	:	put into place or position (verb.contact)

derivation	:	deposit, fix, posit, situate,
definition	:	put (something somewhere) firmly (verb.contact)

derivation	:	position,
definition	:	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation (verb.motion)

derivation	:	locate, place, site,
definition	:	assign a location to (verb.possession)

5. a determination of the place where something is (noun.act)

derivation	:	localise, localize, place, set,
definition	:	locate (verb.creation)

derivation	:	locate, turn up,
definition	:	discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining (verb.possession)

derivation	:	localise, localize,
definition	:	restrict something to a particular area (verb.social)

derivation	:	locate, situate,
definition	:	determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey (verb.stative)

derivation	:	localise, localize, place,
definition	:	identify the location or place of (verb.stative)

6. the act of putting something in a certain place (noun.act)

derivation	:	locate, settle,
definition	:	take up residence and become established (verb.change)

derivation	:	lay, place, pose, position, put, set,
definition	:	put into a certain place or abstract location (verb.contact)

derivation	:	emplace,
definition	:	put into place or position (verb.contact)

derivation	:	deposit, fix, posit, situate,
definition	:	put (something somewhere) firmly (verb.contact)

derivation	:	position,
definition	:	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation (verb.motion)

derivation	:	locate, place, site,
definition	:	assign a location to (verb.possession)