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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

    1. a Black African or Coloured township, usually located near a small town See also township

    2. (formerly) an African tribal reserve

  4. computing a position in a memory capable of holding a unit of information, such as a word, and identified by its address

  5. Roman law Scots law the letting out on hire of a chattel or of personal services

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • locational adjective
  • locationally adverb
  • interlocation noun
  • nonlocation noun
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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, 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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She used an app to track her father’s location and checked the latest information on ICE raids.

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Police have not confirmed whether the shootings took place at the same location but said the victims were specifically targeted.

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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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Melendez said he heard they were going out to other locations in the city, too.

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Recipients can select their investiture's date and location but not which member of the Royal Family will preside over the ceremony.

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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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