What does location mean?

Definitions for location
loʊˈkeɪ ʃənlo·ca·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. locationnoun

    A particular point or place in physical space.

  2. locationnoun

    An act of locating.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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.

CrunchBase

  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 Contribution

  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  

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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

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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. Thorstin Crijns:

    The main goal of this project is to create a system where passenger can sit in and automatically go to his desired location without manually driving it, so it should be done automatically. So imagine that the passenger sits here, enter destination on a touch screen and the drone will automatically take off and land there, the biggest challenge is to make this entirely safe and entirely autonomous.

  2. Ash Bhat:

    There is n’t any data that actually points to any specific location or group.

  3. Christian Hubel:

    It looks like the whole street, the whole location is still locked down. Nobody's moving to the scene, a lot of police, rescue cars are parked there. But nobody's moving, so it seems as if it's still going on.

  4. Lexington County Corner Margaret Fisher:

    Faye Swetlik's death did not occur at the location where Faye Swetlik body was discovered.

  5. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

    Before the Turkish flag was lowered at( the tomb), the Turkish flag started to be waved at another location in Syria.

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