LOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does location mean? 

• LOCATION (noun)
  The noun LOCATION has 4 senses:

1. a point or extent in space

2. the act of putting something in a certain place

3. a determination of the place where something is

4. a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made

  Familiarity information: LOCATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A point or extent in space

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Hypernyms ("location" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "location"):

here (the present location; this place)

space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))

mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)

sodom (any location known for vice and corruption)

whereabouts (the general location where something is)

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

earth (the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell))

northwest (a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city)

west (a location in the western part of a country, region, or city)

southwest (a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city)

south (a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city)

east (a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city)

northeast (a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city)

north (a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city)

jungle (a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival)

outer space; space (any location outside the Earth's atmosphere)

base; home (the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end)

home (the country or state or city where you live)

seat (the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based)

bilocation (the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations)

somewhere (an indefinite or unknown location)

there (a location other than here; that place)

southeast (a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city)

Holonyms ("location" is a part of...):

infinite; space (the unlimited expanse in which everything is located)

Derivation:

locate (take up residence and become established)

locate (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining)

locate (assign a location to)

locate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of putting something in a certain place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning

Hypernyms ("location" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "location"):

stratification (the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination)

apposition; collocation; juxtaposition (the act of positioning close together (or side by side))

interposition; intervention (the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others)

orientation (the act of orienting)

planting (the act of fixing firmly in place)

implantation (the act of planting or setting in the ground)

repositioning (the act of placing in a new position)

set (the act of putting something in position)

superposition (the placement of one thing on top of another)

fingering (the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument)

superposition ((geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide)

Derivation:

locate (take up residence and become established)

locate (assign a location to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A determination of the place where something is

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fix; localisation; localization; locating; location

Context example:

he got a good fix on the target

Hypernyms ("location" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "location"):

echo sounding; echolocation (determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it)

Derivation:

locate (discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining)

locate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

they shot the film on location in Nevada

Hypernyms ("location" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Antonym:

studio (workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded)

 Context examples 

The act or task of directed movement from one location to another; the state of being navigable.

(Navigation, NCI Thesaurus)

The function generates a symmetrical curve, whose position and shape is determined by its location and scale parameters, the mean and standard deviation respectively.

(Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

Used to indicate position, location, or state.

(At, NCI Thesaurus)

Its location in the sky (as seen from Earth) places it near the Sun - an area of sky not usually scanned by the large ground-based asteroid surveys or NASA's asteroid-hunting NEOWISE spacecraft.

(Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor, NASA)

During ontogeny they migrate to the foregut and specific locations of the neuroendocrine system.

(APUD Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

B. uniformis is found in the human and swine intestinal tract, but can be pathogenic in other locations.

(Bacteroides uniformis, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike other organ systems, tumors in the central nervous system can have benign histological characteristics but still have life threatening effects due to their location within the neuraxis (e.g., brainstem gliomas).

(Benign Nervous System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Now and in the months ahead, you could be traveling much more frequently and to at least one foreign location you’ve never visited but always dreamed you would see.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

All I do is to put it on a star, revolve the scale till it is opposite those figures on the map underneath, and presto! there you are, the ship’s precise location!

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A coded value specifying the anatomic location or access point for a procedure.

(Approach Anatomic Site Code, NCI Thesaurus)