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location
[loh-key-shuhn]
noun
a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
This town is a good location for a young doctor.
a place or situation occupied.
a house in a fine location.
a tract of land of designated situation or limits.
a mining location.
Movies.a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
Computers.any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
Civil Law.a letting or renting.
location
/ əʊˈɪʃə /
noun
a site or position; situation
the act or process of locating or the state of being located
a place outside a studio where filming is done
shot on location
a Black African or Coloured township, usually located near a small town See also township
(formerly) an African tribal reserve
computing a position in a memory capable of holding a unit of information, such as a word, and identified by its address
Roman law Scots law the letting out on hire of a chattel or of personal services
Other Word Forms
- locational adjective
- locationally adverb
- interlocation noun
- nonlocation noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of location1
Idioms and Phrases
on location, 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.
Example Sentences
Police said there were "some sporadic disturbances in different locations", but that the "situation was much calmer" than previous days.
Al Hassan is also understood to have provided possible locations for the journalist's body.
She used an app to track her father’s location and checked the latest information on ICE raids.
Police have not confirmed whether the shootings took place at the same location but said the victims were specifically targeted.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had appeared at a homeless shelter that day, among other sensitive locations in Los Angeles, she said.
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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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