location
noun
lo·ca·tion
lō-ˈkā-shən 
1
a
: a position or site occupied or available for occupancy or marked by some distinguishing feature : situation
Much of the charm of the house is in its location.
c
: a place outside a motion-picture studio where a picture or part of it is filmed
—usually used in the phrase on location
Parts of the movie were filmed on location in the desert.
2
: the act or process of locating
Fog made the location of the harbor difficult.
3
: the placement of baseball pitches in a particular area of the strike zone
also
: the ability to control the placement of pitches
locationally
adverb
Examples of location in a Sentence
This is a lovely location for a house.
The store has a new location.
The company is moving its factory to a different location.
Radar established the precise location of the aircraft.
All of his movies feature lavish sets and exotic locations.
The picture was filmed on location in the desert.
Fog made location of the harbor difficult.
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Chipotle had recently announced the closure of some underperforming locations and made corporate restructuring decisions.
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video by buildings, utility poles and road layout that matches satellite imagery of the area.
—Reuters, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Gagosian is set to close a chapter in its history, the end of its residence at its 980 Madison location in the Upper East Side, with an exhibition dedicated to Pablo Picasso.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Although both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar cater to low-income shoppers, Family Dollar locations struggled to gain traction, prompting the parent company last year to announce plans to shutter about 1,000 locations.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video by buildings, utility poles and road layout that matches satellite imagery of the area.
—Reuters, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Gagosian is set to close a chapter in its history, the end of its residence at its 980 Madison location in the Upper East Side, with an exhibition dedicated to Pablo Picasso.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Although both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar cater to low-income shoppers, Family Dollar locations struggled to gain traction, prompting the parent company last year to announce plans to shutter about 1,000 locations.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Location.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/location. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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location
noun
lo·ca·tion
lō-ˈkā-shən
1
a
: a place fit for or having some particular use
a lovely location for a house
each location in a computer memory has its own address
b
: a place outside a studio where a motion picture is filmed
on location in the desert
2
: the act or process of locating
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