location
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.
Idioms about location
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.
Origin of location
1Other words from location
- lo·ca·tion·al, adjective
- lo·ca·tion·al·ly, adverb
- in·ter·lo·ca·tion, noun
- non·lo·ca·tion, noun
Words that may be confused with location
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How to use location in a sentence
I exercised twice a day, and I knew the location of every toilet on the Indiana University campus.
What ‘The Crown’ got right in portraying Princess Diana’s bulimia: It let her voice be heard | Amanda Long | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostTo determine whether schools are superspreader locations, we need to be able to calculate the infection rates in those schools and evaluate them side-by-side with infection rates in the community.
Schools are not spreading covid-19. This new data explains why. | Emily Oster | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostTyping indicators, presence information, location sharing, longer messages, and better media support are key selling points.
Google is testing end-to-end encryption in Android Messages | Dan Goodin | November 19, 2020 | Ars TechnicaThe county had provided some information about coronavirus outbreaks in the county, but withheld details about the location of outbreaks.
County Officials Dig in to Keep COVID-19 Info Private | Sara Libby and Jared Whitlock | November 19, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoHowever, interviews with local people revealed that changing the location or the look of these buildings upset some former residents and their descendants.
Saving historical landmarks from climate change could mean altering them | By Erin Seekamp/The Conversation | November 17, 2020 | Popular-Science
Stalking experts say the rapid evolution in locational technology has increased the risks.
British Dictionary definitions for location
/ (ləʊˈkeɪʃən) /
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
(in South Africa)
a Black African or Coloured township, usually located near a small town: See also township (def. 4)
(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
Origin of location
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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