Definitions for location
loʊˈkeɪ ʃənlo·ca·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 13 votes

1. locationnoun

   a point or extent in space

2. placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacementnoun

   the act of putting something in a certain place

3. localization, localisation, location, locating, fixnoun

   a determination of the place where something is

   "he got a good fix on the target"

4. locationnoun

   a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made

   "they shot the film on location in Nevada"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 9 votes

1. locationnoun

   A particular point or place in physical space.

2. locationnoun

   An act of locating.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Locationnoun

   Situation with respect to place; act of placing; state of being placed.

   Etymology: locatio, Latin.

   To say that the world is somewhere, means no more than that it does exist; this, though a phrase borrowed from place, signifying only its existence, not location. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Location

   In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term location generally implies a higher degree of certainty than place, the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. location

   Location refers to a specific point or area where something or someone is located or positioned within a given space or geographical coordinates. It can describe the physical whereabouts of an object, place, or person in relation to its surroundings or in terms of its latitude and longitude. Location helps to determine the place or position of something in the context of its environment or on a map.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Locationnoun

   the act or process of locating

2. Locationnoun

   situation; place; locality

3. Locationnoun

   that which is located; a tract of land designated in place

4. Locationnoun

   a leasing on rent

5. Locationnoun

   a contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire

6. Locationnoun

   the marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc

7. Etymology: [L. locatio, fr. locare.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 6 votes

1. Location

   The terms location and place in geography are used to notice and or identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry.

CrunchBaseRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. Location

   NeighborhooodScout® is owned and operated by Location Inc®, a Rhode Island-based company borne of university research, specializing in nationwide relocation software, retail site selection, and real estate investment advising. Location Inc developed NeighborhoodScout by coupling new technologies with PhD-level geographic expertise to serve the location selection needs of employees, families, and businesses. NeighborhoodScout is set to change the way consumers select residential real estate and make relocation decisions.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. location

   A geographical area.

   The geographical element of the map was easy to understand.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 5, 2020  

2. ---

   location

   A place of existence.

   We knew the location of our aunt as we were visiting her for the first time.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Workplace

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'location' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2600

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'location' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2453

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'location' in Nouns Frequency: #849

Anagrams for location »

1. colation

2. coontail

How to pronounce location?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say location in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of location in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of location in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of location in a Sentence

1. Oleksander Turchynov:

   But unlike the previous provocations, the fire was targeted and of high intensity, resulting in five soldiers being wounded, in case of further provocative actions ... (Ukrainian) weapons will be returned immediately to the place of their previous location.

2. Peter Fretwell:

   It shows two things, firstly that when faced with long-term poor conditions emperors will move, rather than try to tough it out at the old location, this gives them some resilience in the face of future change, secondly, it shows how little we know about what drives sea ice dynamics, which is worrying for all species that require that habitat.

3. Maribeth Witzel-Behl:

   We will have poll workers call us with turnout numbers at 11 and 4 o'clock on Election Day. We will have them let us know how many absentees they've processed so far, if they are behind, we will send additional help. We have a team of officials willing to travel anywhere and will travel from location to location to get absentee ballots processed.

4. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho:

   It is estimated that as many as 60 people are buried under landslide and rock material at the location of the peoples mining area.

5. Gabriel Weinberg:

   It’s really a myth that you need to track people to get good search results, most of the personalization people want is really localization. And we can do that without tracking you, because your location is kind of embedded in the request you make to us. We can use that on the fly for that search and not save or store it and still give you local things on DuckDuckGo.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=location
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Location
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=location
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/location
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=location
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/location