ad loc.

adverb

There, at the specified location

OriginLatin ad locum ← ['la ', →
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Meanings

adverbad loc. (not comparable)

alternative ad loc

  1. not comparableThere, at the specified location

Origin

  1. ['la',
  2. Latinad locum
  3. Englishad loc.

Borrowed from Latin ad locum (“at the place”).

More words from Latin, ['la

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APA

ad loc.. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20loc.

MLA

“ad loc..” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20loc.. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ad loc.,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20loc..

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