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location

[ loh-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a place of settlement, activity, or residence:

    This town is a good location for a young doctor.

  2. a place or situation occupied:

    a house in a fine location.

  3. a tract of land of designated situation or limits:

    a mining location.

  4. Movies. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
  5. Computers. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
  6. the act of locating; state of being located.
  7. Civil Law. a letting or renting.


location

/ əʊˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. a site or position; situation
  2. the act or process of locating or the state of being located
  3. a place outside a studio where filming is done

    shot on location

  4. in South Africa
    1. a Black African or Coloured township, usually located near a small town See also township
    2. (formerly) an African tribal reserve
  5. computing a position in a memory capable of holding a unit of information, such as a word, and identified by its address
  6. Roman law Scots law the letting out on hire of a chattel or of personal services
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Other Word Forms

  • ·tDz· adjective
  • ·tDz··ly adverb
  • t··tDz noun
  • ԴDzl·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of location1

First recorded in 1585–95; from Latin dzپō-, stem of dzپō “arrangement, rental,” in Late Latin: “placement,” equivalent to locate + -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of location1

C16: from Latin dzپō, from dz to place
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on location, Movies. engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, especially one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay:

    on location in Rome.

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Example Sentences

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He performed in unconventional locations to raise money for the charity, including Mt.

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At several locations, the border guards were manning positions well inside Iraqi territory, directly opposite Turkish troops, unable to go right up to the border and potentially risk a clash.

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But the suspect later returned to the location on several occasions with additional people, and together they “committed hate crimes against the victim,” the release said.

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More than 6,150 California members of AmeriCorps were dispatched to more than 1,200 locations last year, Bonta’s office said, including food banks, shelters, youth centers, schools and churches, Bonta’s office said.

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The location, framed by the picturesque Sixth Street Viaduct, was chosen with scale and style in mind.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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