locusnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈləʊ.kəs/us/ˈloʊ.kəs/plural loci formalthe place where something happens or the central area of interest in something being discussed:
The locus of decision-making is sometimes far from the government's offices.
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- location
- place
- point
- post
- scene
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- station
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
- whereabouts
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