- placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement - the act of putting something in a certain place or location
--1 is a kind of activity
--1 has particulars:stratification; juxtaposition, apposition, collocation; interposition; orientation; planting; implantation; repositioning; set; superposition; fingering; superposition - localization, localisation, location, locating, fix - a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
--2 is a kind of determination, finding
--2 has particulars: echolocation, echo sounding
- locate, turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
--1 is one way to find, regain
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun location3, noun location1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
--2 is one way to determine, find, find out, ascertain
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun locater1, noun location3, noun location1, noun locator1
Somebody ----s something
- locate, place, site - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
--3 is one way to station, post, base, send, place
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun location2, noun location1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- settle, locate - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun location2, noun location1
Somebody ----s PP