location

lo·ca·tion

noun \lō-ˈkā-shən\

Definition of LOCATION

1

a : a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature : situation

b (1) : a tract of land designated for a purpose (2) Australian : farm, station

c : a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed —usually used in the phrase on location

2

: the act or process of locating

3

: the placement of baseball pitches in a particular area of the strike zone; also : the ability to control the placement of pitches

— lo·ca·tion·al \-shnəl, -shə-n^əl\ adjective

— lo·ca·tion·al·ly adverb

Examples of LOCATION

1. This is a lovely location for a house.
2. The store has a new location.
3. The company is moving its factory to a different location.
4. Radar established the precise location of the aircraft.
5. All of his movies feature lavish sets and exotic locations.
6. The picture was filmed on location in the desert.
7. Fog made location of the harbor difficult.

First Known Use of LOCATION

1597

Related to LOCATION

Synonyms

emplacement, locale, locality, place, locus, point, position, site, spot, venue, where

Related Words

scene; precinct, region, section, sector; here, there

Rhymes with LOCATION

aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, creation, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, prostration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vacation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation