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Meaning of 'location' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Location [ n.]
- The act or process of locating.
- Situation; place; locality.
- That which is located; a tract of land designated in place.
- A leasing on rent.
- A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- 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.

Meaning of 'location' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . location [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a determination of the place where something is
Example in sentence:
  • he got a good fix on the target
Meaning (2):
- a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made
Example in sentence:
  • they shot the film on location in Nevada

Nearby Words:

loca local locale localism localitiees locality localization localize localized localizing

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