LOCATING

localization, localisation, location, locating, fix

(noun) a determination of the place where something is; “he got a good fix on the target”

placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

locating

present participle of locate

Anagrams

• anticlog, lacing to, notalgic

Source: Wiktionary


LOCATE

Lo"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located; p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.] Etym: [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.]

1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott.

2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.

Lo"cate, v. i.

Definition: To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

3 May 2024

TWIST

(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”


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