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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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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