locating

1. 1.

   the act of putting something in a certain place

   Synonymsplacementlocationpositionpositioningemplacement

   Broaderactivity

   Narrowerstratificationjuxtapositioninterpositionorientationplantingimplantationrepositioningsetsuperpositionfingering
2. 2.

   a determination of the place where something is

   “he got a good fix on the target”

   Synonymslocalizationlocalisationlocationfix

   Broaderdetermination

   Narrowerecholocation

Other forms of locating

plural

locatings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about locating

What does locating mean?

locating means "the act of putting something in a certain place". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in locating?

locating has 3 syllables: lo-ca-ting. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈloʊˌkeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for locating?

Close synonyms include placement, location, position, positioning, emplacement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is locating a common word?

locating is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with locating?

6 words rhyme with locating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.