locatable.html - v.
1 tr. discover the exact place or position of (locate the enemy's camp).
2 tr. establish in a place or in its proper place.
3 tr. state the locality of.
4 tr. (in passive) be situated.
5 intr. (often foll. by in) US take up residence or business (in a place).

locatable adj. locator n. [L locare locat- f. locus place]

locatable.html - n.
1 a particular place; the place or position in which a person or thing is.
2 the act of locating or process of being located.
3 an actual place or natural setting featured in a film or broadcast, as distinct from a simulation in a studio (filmed entirely on location).
4 S.Afr. an area where Blacks are obliged to live, usu. on the outskirts of a town or city. [L locatio (as LOCATE)]

locatable.html - n. & adj.
Gram. --n.

the case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, expressing location.

--adj.

of or in the locative. [formed as LOCATE + -IVE, after vocative]

locatable.html - {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's hand radio jargon} City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. * /There's a local yokel westbound on the move./

locatable.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 belonging to or existing in a particular place or places.
2 peculiar to or only encountered in a particular place or places.
3 of or belonging to the neighbourhood (the local doctor).
4 of or affecting a part and not the whole, esp. of the body (local pain; a local anaesthetic).
5 in regard to place.

--n.

a local person or thing, esp.: 1 an inhabitant of a particular place regarded with reference to that place.
2 a local train, bus, etc.
3 (often prec. by the) Brit. colloq. a local public house.
4 a local anaesthetic.
5 US a local branch of a trade union.

local authority Brit. an administrative body in local government. local Derby see DERBY . local government a system of administration of a county, district, parish, etc., by the elected representatives of those who live there. local option (or veto) esp. US a system whereby the inhabitants of a district may prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor there. local preacher a Methodist lay person authorized to conduct services in a particular circuit. local time 1 time measured from the sun's transit over the meridian of a place.
2 the time as reckoned in a particular place, esp. with reference to an event recorded there. local train a train stopping at all the stations on its route.

locally adv. localness n. [ME f. OF f. LL localis f. L locus place]

locatable.html - n.
a scene or locality, esp. with reference to an event or occurrence taking place there. [F local (n.) (as LOCAL), respelt to indicate stress: cf. MORALE]