location

CEFRB1

/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A particular place or position.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An act of locating.

Examples

  • How much more does it cost to return the rental car to another location?

  • Our guide misinformed us about the location of the hotel.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /loʊˈkeɪʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.

  2. A particular point or place in physical space.

  3. A leasing on rent.

More examples

In context

  • A honeymoon in a secret location

  • The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim.

  • It is the sounds of apartheid, of the townships, the locations[…]

Synonyms

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The park is a good blank for our picnic because it has tables and shade.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion.