US /loʊˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/
noun Freq #2041

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A particular place or position.

    The hotel is in a perfect location near the beach.

  2. 2
    noun

    A place away from a studio where a film is made.

    They shot the film on location in the desert.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms locations
Derived forms bilocationco-locationcytolocationdelocationecholocationelectrolocationelocationgeolocationimmunolocationinterlocationintralocationlocation-agnostic
Related forms locallocalelocalizelocatelocationallocativelocator

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion.

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