mislocation
He researches the criteria by which people locate or mislocate sensations as being in certain parts of their bodies.
We mislocated the sea battle off the coast of Egypt: it took place off the west coast of Greece.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Finding and discovering
ascertain
break (fresh/new) groundidiom
breakthrough
bring something to lightidiom
catch someone red-handedidiom
flush someone/something out
fossick
found
geocache
geocaching
homing
pinpoint
plumb
red-handed
rediscover
rediscovery
refind
refound
sniff
suss
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