location

Roget category 184

2. Words relating to space
› 2.1. Space in general
›› 2.1.2. Relative space

#184. Location

noun

location, localization — lodgment — deposition, reposition — stowage, package — collocation — packing, lading — establishment, settlement, installation — fixation — insertion etc. 300.
habitat, environment, surroundings (situation) 183 — circumjacence etc. 227^†.
anchorage, mooring, encampment.
plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment — colonization, domestication, situation — habitation etc. (abode) 189 — cohabitation — a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]; endenization^†, naturalization.

verb

place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install — house, stow — establish, fix, pin, root — graft — plant etc. (insert) 300 — shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit^† — cradle — moor, tether, picket — pack, tuck in — embed, imbed — vest, invest in.
billet on, quarter upon, saddle with — load, lade, freight — pocket, put up, bag.
inhabit etc. (be present) 186 — domesticate, colonize — take root, strike root — anchor — cast anchor, come to an anchor — sit down, settle down — settle — take up one's abode, take up one's quarters — plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself — squat, perch, hive, se nicher [Fr.], bivouac, burrow, get a footing — encamp, pitch one's tent — put up at, put up one's horses at — keep house.
endenizen^†, naturalize, adopt.
put back, replace etc. (restore) 660.

adjective

placed etc. v. — situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed^†, rooted — domesticated — vested in, unremoved^†.
moored etc. v. — at anchor.

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