location

American  

[loh-key-shuhn] / loʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

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.

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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.

location British  

/ ləʊˈkeɪʃən /

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. 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

• interlocation noun
• locational adjective
• locationally adverb
• nonlocation noun

Etymology

Origin of location

First recorded in 1585–95; from Latin locātiōn-, stem of locātiō “arrangement, rental,” in Late Latin: “placement,” equivalent to locate + -ion

Example Sentences

The festival will also take in two other locations - Lincoln, where it held its inaugural event earlier this year, and Taunton.

From BBC

Greenland's location also puts it on the shortest route for missiles between Russia and the United States.

From Barron's

"We cleared a lot of the fallen trees up. We still haven't done all of that, that will take years just because the sheer volume of where the trees fell over and locations."

From BBC

They said any plans for a new bridge at a different location were set out in local transport plans, which were informed by councils' local development plans.

From BBC

"I want to collaborate with actors, seek out locations and investors, but it is very difficult," he said.

From Barron's

Related Words

• area
• district
• locale
• neighborhood
• part
• point
• position
• region
• scene
• section
• site
• situation
• spot
• station
• venue
• whereabouts