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Meaning of location in English

location
noun
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/ləʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us
/loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/

location noun (POSITION)

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B1 [ C ]
a place or position:
in a beautiful location The hotel is in a beautiful location overlooking the lake.
location of A map showing the location of the property will be sent to you.
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location noun (FILM)

C1 [ C or U ]
a place away from a studio where all or part of a film or a television show is recorded:
on location The documentary was made on location in the Gobi desert.
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location noun (FINDING)

[ U ] formal
the act of finding the exact position of something:
The latest navigational aids make the location of the airfield quite easy.
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location noun (BASEBALL)

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in baseball, the ability to throw the ball in the place where you want to throw it:
The pitcher was not on good form and constantly struggled with his location.
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(Definition of location from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

location | American Dictionary

location
noun [ C ]
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/loʊˈkeɪ·ʃən/
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a particular place or position:
a good location for a bookstore
The map showed the location of an old mine.
on location
If a movie is filmed on location, it is made in an actual place away from where the company producing the movie is:
The documentary was filmed on location in San Francisco.
(Definition of location from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

location | Business English

location
noun
  PROPERTY
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the place or position that something is in or where something happens:
Come visit us at our new location!
an ideal/prime/suitable location (for sth) The strong economy and availability of staff makes the area a prime location for a business.
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the act of choosing where to start a new business:
The location of the factory inside city limits resulted in problems for the city council.
(Definition of location from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of location

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In a study conducted in 1984, researchers inoculated volunteers with rhinovirus type 16 with droplets of viral suspension in several locations.
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Each of these locations was sandblasted for 5 s.
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Tissue blocks from 6 to 8 different locations around the eye were sectioned and analyzed for each eye.
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In locations where other forms of iron dominate, spores would be even more stable.
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The existence and locations of all of the other introns are variable, but some of them are characteristic of specific clades.
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Neither of these needs to be close to traditional large labour markets and their locations can pay greater attention to residential preferences.
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Many of these new locations, particularly in the 1960s, were in areas attracting regional industrial assistance from government, further reducing costs.
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Scores of volunteers took part in ten-hour sessions, monitoring radiation at and in the vicinity of thirty sites and control locations.
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Other main locations were the toilet, dayroom, shower/bathroom and corridor.
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One important class of problems is the selection of locations for the emergency service units.
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Specialisation in the absence of technological change can be viewed as the undoing of bad locations for production.
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Their exact locations within those cities have not been established. 10.
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When completed, each agent has a list of up to three process additions with corresponding projected values and locations within the sequence.
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We established earlier that some urnfield locations were associated with the devil himself.
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Can we associate any social and symbolic concepts to the performance of these activities and their locations?
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Collocations with location

location

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actual location
The actual location of the median voter in each district depends upon the state selected.
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alternate location
Note the alternate location of this letter.
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anatomical location
The various types of peripheral neuropathies differ in their aetiology, the nerves affected, anatomical location, and progression; furthermore, they can be inherited or acquired.
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Translations of location

in Chinese (Traditional)
位置, 地點，位置, 電影…
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位置, 地点，位置, 电影…
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situación, ubicación [feminine, singular]…
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localização, posição, localização [feminine]…
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ठिकाण, चित्रीकरण स्थळ, स्टुडिओपासून दूर असलेली जागा जिथे चित्रपट किंवा टेलिव्हिजन शोचे सर्व किंवा काही भाग रेकॉर्ड केले जातात…
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場所, 位置, 位置（いち）…
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position [feminine], extérieurs [masculine, plural]…
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ubicació…
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plaats, vestiging…
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ஒரு இடம் அல்லது நிலை, ஒரு திரைப்படம் அல்லது தொலைக்காட்சி நிகழ்ச்சியின் அனைத்து அல்லது ஒரு பகுதி பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட படப்பிடிப்புக் கூடத்திலிருந்து தொலைவில் உள்ள இடம்…
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(स्थान) लोकेशन, अवस्थिति, ठिकाना (स्थिति) अवस्था…
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જગ્યા અથવા સ્થાન, સ્થળ…
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sted, anbringelse, placering…
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plats…
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lokasi, penempatan…
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der Ort, die Lokalisierung, die Ansiedlung…
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sted [neuter], posisjon [masculine], beliggenhet [masculine]…
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مقامی, معینہ مقام, اسٹوڈیو میں باہر کا وہ حصہ جہاں پر فلم بنائی جاتی ہے۔…
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місце, розміщення…
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ఒక స్థలం లేదా స్థానం, చలనచిత్రం లేదా టెలివిజన్ షో మొత్తం లేదా దానిలో కొంత భాగం రికార్డ్ చేయబడిన స్టూడియో నుండి దూరంగా ఉన్న ప్రదేశం…
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স্থান, স্টুডিওর বাইরে যেখানে ছায়াছবি বা টেলিভিশনের নাটকের সুটিং করা হয়…
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místo, určení polohy…
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lokasi, posisi…
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ตำแหน่งที่ตั้ง, การหาที่ตั้ง…
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chỗ, vị trí…
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położenie, lokalizacja, lokalizowanie…
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장소…
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posizione, ubicazione, sede…
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