location

The definition of a location is the place where something is or where something is occurring.

(noun)

An example of location is the train station.

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See location in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a locating or being located
  2. position in space; place where a factory, house, etc. is or is to be; situation
  3. an area marked off or designated for a specific purpose
  4. Film an outdoor set or setting, away from the studio, where scenes are photographed: chiefly in

Origin: L locatio

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See location in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act or process of locating.
  2. A place where something is or could be located; a site.
  3. A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot: filming a Western on location in the Mexican desert.
  4. A tract of land that has been surveyed and marked off.

Origin:

Origin: Latin locātiō, locātiōn-, a placing

Origin: , from locātus

Origin: , past participle of locāre, to place; see locate

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  • lo·caˈtion·al adjective

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