| 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: | location |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | post |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lookout, station |
| Synonyms: | beat, locus, place, position, whereabouts |
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupancy, attendance |
| Synonyms: | being, companionship, company, existence, habitation, inhabitance, latency, occupation, omnipresence, potentiality, residence, subsistence, ubiety, ubiquity, whereabouts |
| Antonyms: | absence |
| Main Entry: | situation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of activity |
| Synonyms: | bearings, direction, footing, latitude, locale, locality, location, locus, longitude, position, post, seat, setting, site, spot, stage, station, where, whereabouts |
| Main Entry: | station |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters, base |
| Synonyms: | base of operations, depot, home office, house, location, locus, main office, place, position, post, seat, site, situation, spot, stop, terminal, whereabouts |