located
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Situated in a particular spot or position: Describes something that has been placed or exists in a specific, identifiable location.
Usage
The adjective "located" is used to specify where something is found or positioned. It is often used with adverbs (e.g., centrally, conveniently) or prepositional phrases (e.g., on a hilltop, in the city) to provide more detail about the position.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The hotel is conveniently located near the train station.
- The new factory will be located in the industrial zone.
- The pain was located in his lower back.
Advanced Usage
- "to be located": This is the most common construction, forming a passive structure to describe position.
- The capital is located in the central region of the country.
- Used in formal or technical descriptions, such as in geography, real estate, anatomy, and business.
- The nerve ganglion is located adjacent to the spinal column.
- The company's headquarters are located in a major financial district.
Variants and Related Words
- Locate (verb): To discover the exact place or position of something; to establish or place something in a particular site.
- Can you locate the source of the noise?
- The board decided to locate the new office downtown.
- Location (noun): A particular place or position.
- This is a perfect location for a picnic.
Synonyms
- Situated: Placed in a certain position.
- Positioned: Placed in a particular way.
- Placed: Put in a specific location.
- Sited: Located or built on a particular site (often for buildings).
Antonyms
- Lost: Unable to find one's way; not knowing one's location.
- Misplaced: Put in the wrong place.
- Displaced: Forced from its usual or proper place.
Related Phrases
- Centrally located: Positioned in or near the center of an area, making it easily accessible.
- The apartment is centrally located, close to all amenities.
- Strategically located: Positioned in a place that offers a tactical or commercial advantage.
- The fortress was strategically located on top of the cliff.
Adjective
- situated in a particular spot or position
- valuable centrally located urban land
- strategically placed artillery
- a house set on a hilltop
- nicely situated on a quiet riverbank