location

lo·ca·tion

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noun

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

An example of location is the train station.

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location

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

Origin of location

Classical Latin locatio

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location

noun

The act or process of locating: Location of the lost hikers took two days.
A place where something is or could be located; a site.
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.
A tract of land that has been surveyed and marked off.

Origin of location

Latin locātiō locātiōn- a placing from locātus past participle of locāre to place ; see locate .

Related Forms:

lo·ca′tion·al
adjective

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