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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

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Finding 76% connected

of Find

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Narrower term 12

Apposition 76% connected

The act of adding; application; accretion.

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Collocation 76% connected

The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

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Fingering 76% connected

of Finger

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Implantation 76% connected

The act or process of implantating.

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Interposition 76% connected

The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

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Intervention 76% connected

The act of intervening; interposition.

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Juxtaposition 76% connected

A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

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Orientation 76% connected

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

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Planting 76% connected

of Plant

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Stratification 76% connected

The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.

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Superposition 76% connected

The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geomet…

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Derivationally related 4

Locate 74% connected

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Locate 74% connected

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Settle 74% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Settle 74% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Synonym 5

Fix 92% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Localization 92% connected

Act of localizing, or state of being localized.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Location 92% connected

The act or process of locating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Placement 92% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Position 92% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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