nnoun.actthe act of putting something in a certain placeSynset:emplacement locating location placement position
Derivationally Related Form:emplacepositionpositlocate
Hypernyms:activity
Inherited Hypernyms:placementactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:appositioncollocationfingeringimplantationinterpositioninterventionjuxtapositionorientationplantingrepositioningsetstratificationsuperposition
Full Hyponyms:fingeringimplantationinterpositionjuxtapositionorientationplantingrepositioningsetstratificationsuperpositiontessellation
vverb.motioncause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relationDerivationally Related Form:positioningpositionerposition
Hypernyms:lay place pose position put set
Inherited Hypernyms:positionputmove
Direct Hyponyms:aimdeploydirectdressline uporientsquaretaketake aimtrain
Full Troponyms:addressaimchargecoverdeclaredeploydraw a bead ondressholdlevelorientpitchplayrange insightsquaresquare upstemswingtargetturn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactput into a certain place or abstract locationSynset:lay place pose position put set
Examples:- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
Derivationally Related Form:placementpositionersetplacepositionsetting
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:putmove
Direct Hyponyms:apposearrangebarrelbedbottlebucketbuttclapcockcoffincramdepositdisposedocketemplaceencloseensconcefixglyceroliseglycerolizegroundimbricateincloseinsertinstalinstallintersperseintroducejarjuxtaposeladlelaylay overleanloadmarshalmiddlemisplacenestleparallelizeparkperchpigeonholepilepillowplace downplace uprightplantpoisepositpositionpostposepreposeput backput downput inrack uprecessreclinereplacereposerepositionrestseatseedsetset downset upsettlesettle downshelveshipsignsiphonsitsit downsituatesnugglesowspacestandstand upstepstick instratifysuperimposesuperposeteetee upthrowthrusttrenchunderlayupend
Full Troponyms:addressafforestaimalphabetizeapposearrangebarrelbeadbedblowbottlebroadcastbucketburybuttcascadecatenatecatheterizechainchargecheckrowclapcockcodifycoffincollatecompartconcatenateconcordcordcorralcovercramcupdeclaredeploydevelopdibbledigestdisentangledisposedocketdrapedraw a bead ondressemplaceensconceevenfeedfoistgglassglycerolizegradategroundhang upholdhousecleanimbricateinjectinoculateinseminateinsertinsetinstallinterleaveinterlockintersperseinterstratifyjamjarjuxtaposeladlelayleanlevelline uploadmakemarshalmiddlemisplacenestleorderorganizeorientoverstuffpackpadpairparallelizeparkperchpigeonholepilepillowpitchplankplantplayplugpoisepoppositionpostpostposepreenpreposepuddlepyramidrack uprailrangerange inratravelre-afforestrearrangereburyrecessreclinerecodereducereforestregularizereinstallreplacereplantreposerepositionreseatreshipreshufflerestrestructureretrofitrickrootscatterseatsedimentseedserializesetset downsettleshelveshipsightsignsiphonsituateslipsowspacespatspawnspring-cleansquaresquare upstackstaggerstandstemstepstraightenstratifystringstring outstructurestuffsuperimposesuperposeswingsystematizetargetteaseteethrowtidytreetrenchturnunderlayupendwire
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP | They --- the bags on the table (apply to: pose, set, place, position, put, lay)
adj satadj.allcausing to fall into line or into positionSynset:aligning
Antonyms:disorienting
Inherited Hypernyms:aligning
Similar to:orientating orienting