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Another word for location

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Noun

  1. One's place and direction relative to one's surroundings

      1. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
      2. Relevant relationship or interconnection:
      3. Direction relative to one's own position or to the compass
      1. Familiarization with and adaptation to a situation or environment
      2. (Biol.) The position or change of position of an organism or part under a stimulus such as gravity or light
      3. (Chem.) The position and arrangement of atoms or radicals in a molecule
      1. A point of view or attitude on a certain question:
      2. The arrangement of body parts; posture:
      3. A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances:
      1. Manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position
      2. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances:
      3. A position of employment
    See also:

    place

  2. A particular geographic area

      1. The place where something happens.
      2. (Computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
      3. A place, especially with reference to a particular event:
      1. Position with regard to surrounding objects, landmarks, etc.
      2. The fact or quality of having position in space.
      3. A place; district; neighborhood
      1. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      2. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
      3. A suitable setting or occasion:
    See also:

    place

  3. The place where a person or thing is located

      1. A prepared position, such as a mounting or silo, for a military weapon.
      2. The position in which something is placed; specif., the prepared position from which a heavy gun or guns are fired
      3. Position; location.
      1. (Math.) Any system of points, lines, etc. which satisfies one or more given conditions
      2. The position that a given gene or genetic marker occupies on a chromosome.
      3. (Genetics) The position on a chromosome occupied by a particular gene
      1. Location or arrangement
      2. The act of matching a person with a job
      3. This position of the ball
      1. A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances:
      2. The place where a person or thing is, esp. in relation to others; location; situation; site
      3. A strategic military site
      1. (Comput.) A location on the Internet that is accessible at a single address; often, specif., a website
      2. The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located:
      3. The place or setting of something:
      1. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances:
      2. A position of employment
      3. A position of employment; a post:
    See also:

    place

  4. A particular portion of space chosen for something

      1. (Genetics) The position on a chromosome occupied by a particular gene
      2. A line, plane, etc. every point of which satisfies a given condition and which contains no point that does not satisfy this condition
      3. A locality; a place.
      1. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      2. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
      3. A suitable setting or occasion:
      1. A place or locality considered with regard to its position:
      2. A narrowly particularized and localized position or place; a spot:
      3. A particular or precisely specified position, location, place, or spot
      1. (Informal) Position; situation; job
      2. A locality; place
      3. (Informal) Position or place in a schedule or listing
    See also:

    place

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Another word for location

Noun

  1. The act of locating

    See also:

    locating

  2. A position

      1. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      2. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
      3. A suitable setting or occasion:
      1. A small area of different color or texture from the main area of which it is a part; often, a mark made by some foreign matter; stain, blot, speck, patch, etc.
      2. A locality; place
      3. (Informal) Position or place in a schedule or listing
      1. A part of a city, country, etc.; district or region
      2. A division of a railroad right of way, usually several miles of track under the care of a single maintenance crew
      3. A part or division of a book, newspaper, etc.
    See also:

    position

  3. A site

      1. Manner in which a thing is situated in relation to its surroundings; location; position
      2. The combination of circumstances at any given time
      3. A place; locality
      1. Room or space, especially adequate space:
      2. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
      3. A suitable setting or occasion:
      1. A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous.
      2. A part of a play, film, story, etc. that constitutes a unit of development or action, as a passage between certain characters
      3. The place where an action or event occurs:
    See also:

    area

    neighborhood

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Sentence Examples

  • Why are the time and location different?

  • Was it the location or the fact that it needed charged?

  • The assassin bumped fists with his, and Gabe conveyed the location of Deidre's apartment.

  • I spotted familiar references to our earliest sojourns in West Virginia and knowing the time and location Howie visited there at least gave me a starting point.

  • Now it held about two dozen people, some climbers preparing their equipment and photographers availing themselves of the excellent location where they could look straight down on the climbers below them.

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