a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
a place or situation occupied: a house in a fine location.
a tract of land of designated situation or limits: a mining location.
Movies. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc.
Computers. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word.
the act of locating; state of being located.
Civil Law. a letting or renting.
Idioms for location
on location, Movies. engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, especially one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay: on location in Rome.
Origin of location
1585–95; <Latin locātiōn- (stem of locātiō) a placing. See locate, -ion
Your town or county might even have special drop-off locations for ballots that require no postage.
ProPublica’s Pandemic Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts|by Susie Armitage|September 16, 2020|ProPublica
More than a third of outbreaks during the pandemic’s first five months stemmed from locations in four ZIP codes.
Morning Report: The Dreaded Purple Tier|Voice of San Diego|September 16, 2020|Voice of San Diego
However, if they click over to the Shopping tab they’ll typically see a “nearby” filter that will only display retailer locations with in-store inventory.
Google boosting visibility of ‘nearby’ product inventory with new Shopping features|Greg Sterling|September 16, 2020|Search Engine Land
During in-person absentee voting, voters can request, complete and submit a ballot all at once at a designated location, such as a county clerk’s office.
Trump, in town hall, says he wouldn’t have done anything differently on pandemic|Colby Itkowitz, Josh Dawsey, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Some perfect locations were within state park borders where my scientific collecting permit wasn’t valid.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes)|Kenneth Catania|September 15, 2020|Popular Science
They even switched off their location service—one of the main perks of the program.
Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays|Bel Trew|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The show started filming in Israel over the summer, but was forced to abandon the location as political tensions escalated.
After The Fall: Introducing The Anti-Villain|Rich Goldstein|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Keep the location work to second unit so I wouldn't have to be away from Alma?
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I had chosen a seat by the window, but Poitras vetoed the location.
Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Change the location from a hotel lobby to an airport check-in desk and this crazy scenario becomes all too familiar.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two smart cracks at some distance indicated the location of the marksman.
The Rainy Day Railroad War|Holman Day
The plan of the location of the wreck of the Belle of New Orleans was missing!
The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune|Wilbur Lawton
Too, there was a pride in such a location, to show off a fine meeting-house, which would thus be visible for many miles around.
The Historical Child|Oscar Chrisman
Owing to the location and structure of their continent, they have always found the larger outlet in a western sea.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple
In 1894 there was an exciting contest over removing the location of the permanent capital and some fear that Helena would lose it.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV|Various
British Dictionary definitions for location
location
/ (ləʊˈkeɪʃən) /
noun
a site or position; situation
the act or process of locating or the state of being located
a place outside a studio where filming is doneshot on location
(in South Africa)
a Black African or Coloured township, usually located near a small townSee also township (def. 4)
(formerly) an African tribal reserve
computinga position in a memory capable of holding a unit of information, such as a word, and identified by its address
Roman lawScots lawthe letting out on hire of a chattel or of personal services