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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or activity |
| Synonyms: | area, bearings, district, fix*, hole, locale, locality, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or business where one can be contacted |
| Synonyms: | abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code |
| Main Entry: | bearing/bearings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, usually of water vehicle |
| Synonyms: | aim, course, direction, location, orientation, point of compass, position, situation, track, way, whereabouts |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finding, uncovering |
| Synonyms: | analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certification, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verification |
| Antonyms: | loss, miss |
| Main Entry: | distribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, assortment, disposal, disposition, grouping, location, order, ordering, organization, placement, sequence |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambience, ambient, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, mise-en-scène, nabe, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf |
| Main Entry: | orientation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, adjustment |
| Synonyms: | acclimatization, adaptation, assimilation, bearings, breaking in, coordination, direction, familiarization, fix*, lay of the land, location, position, sense of direction, settling in |
| Antonyms: | disorientation, mix-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical place |
| Synonyms: | area, bearings, district, environment, fix, geography, ground, locale, locality, location, locus, point, post, reference, region, scene, seat, setting, site, situation, space, spot, stand, station, surroundings, topography, tract, whereabouts |
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