location

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UK/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/US/loʊˈkeɪʃən/

noun

A particular point or place in physical space.

Opposite
Very commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounlocation (plural locations)

plural locations

  1. A particular point or place in physical space.
    1 more example

    The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.

    2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68
  2. An act of locating.

    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.

    1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 http://google.com/books?id=1ss-AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA207&dq=location
  3. South AfricaAn apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.

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

    2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography, page 188
  4. lawA leasing on rent.
  5. ScotlandlawA contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
  6. USlawThe marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
  7. KenyaAn administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
a place

nounthe act of putting something in a certain place

Broader

nouna determination of the place where something is

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

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinlocatio, locationis“a placing”
  2. Englishlocation

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

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Translations

Arabic مَوْقِع, مَكَان
  • مَوْقِع (mawqiʕ)place
  • مَكَان (makān)place
  • مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ)place
Bengali জায়গা, স্থান
  • জায়গা (jaẏga)place
  • স্থান (sthan)place
Bulgarian разпола́гане, мя́сто
  • разпола́гане (razpolágane)act of locating
  • мя́сто (mjásto)place
  • местоположе́ние (mestopoložénie)place
Catalan ubicació, ubicació
  • ubicacióact of locating
  • ubicacióplace
Chinese Mandarin 位置, 場所 /场所
  • 位置 (wèizhi)place
  • 場所 /场所 (chǎngsuǒ)place
  • 地點 /地点 (dìdiǎn)place
  • 地方 (dìfang)place
Czech poloha, umístění
  • polohaplace
  • umístěníplace
  • místoplace
Danish lokalisering, beliggenhed
  • lokaliseringact of locating
  • beliggenhedplace
  • stedplace
  • pladsplace
Dutch plaats, locatie
  • plaatsplace
  • locatieplace
Esperanto loko, situo
  • lokoplace
  • situoplace
Estonian asukoht, ruum
  • asukohtplace
  • ruumplace
Finnish sijoittaminen, paikka
  • sijoittaminenact of locating
  • paikkaplace
  • sijaintiplace
French lieu, localisation
  • lieuplace
  • localisationplace
  • situationplace
  • emplacementplace
  • positionplace
German Ortsbestimmung, Ortsermittlung
  • Ortsbestimmungact of locating
  • Ortsermittlungact of locating
  • Ortungact of locating
  • Lokalisierungact of locating
  • Lokalisationact of locating
  • Lageplace
  • Ortplace
  • Platzplace
  • Standortplace
Greek τοποθεσία, θέση
  • τοποθεσία (topothesía)place
  • θέση (thési)place
Hindi अवस्थिति
  • अवस्थिति (avsthiti)place
Icelandic staðsetning, staður
  • staðsetningplace
  • staðurplace
Italian collocamento, collocazione
  • collocamentoact of locating
  • collocazioneact of locating
  • posizioneplace
  • ubicazioneplace
Japanese 配置, 設置
  • 配置 (haichi)act of locating
  • 設置 (setchi)act of locating
  • 位置 (ichi)place
  • 場所 (basho)place
  • 地点 (chiten)place
Korean 위치, 장소
  • 위치 (wichi)place
  • 장소 (jangso)place
  • 지점 (jijeom)place
Latin locus
  • locusplace
Māori taiwhanga, wāhi
  • taiwhangaplace
  • wāhiplace
  • tauwāhiplace
Norwegian Bokmål sted, beliggenhet
  • stedplace
  • beliggenhetplace
Persian جایگاه, محل
  • جایگاه (jâygâh)place
  • محل (mahall)place
  • مکان (makân)place
Polish lokacja, lokalizacja
  • lokacjaact of locating
  • lokalizacjaplace
  • położenieplace
  • miejsceplace
Portuguese localização, local
  • localizaçãoact of locating
  • localplace
  • localizaçãoplace
Romanian localizarea
  • localizareaplace
Russian размеще́ние, положе́ние
  • размеще́ние (razmeščénije)act of locating
  • положе́ние (položénije)place
  • местоположе́ние (mestopoložénije)place
  • местонахожде́ние (mestonaxoždénije)place
  • расположе́ние (raspoložénije)place
  • пози́ция (pozícija)place
  • ме́сто (mésto)place
Slovak poloha, umiestnenie
  • polohaplace
  • umiestnenieplace
  • miestoplace
Spanish ubicación, localización
  • ubicaciónact of locating
  • localizaciónact of locating
  • ubicaciónplace
  • locaciónplace
  • localizaciónplace
Swahili kata
  • kataadministrative region in Kenya
Swedish lokalisering, läge
  • lokaliseringact of locating
  • lägeplace
  • platsplace
Thai ตำแหน่ง, สถานที่
  • ตำแหน่ง (dtam-nɛ̀ng)place
  • สถานที่ (sà-tǎan-tîi)place
  • ที่ (tîi)place
Turkish konum, yer
  • konumplace
  • yerplace
  • lokasyonplace
Ukrainian місцеполо́ження, поло́ження
  • місцеполо́ження (miscepolóžennja)place
  • поло́ження (polóžennja)place
  • розташува́ння (roztašuvánnja)place
  • мі́сце (mísce)place
  • місцезнаходження (misceznaxodžennja)place
Vietnamese vị trí, địa điểm
  • vị tríplace
  • địa điểmplace

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with location

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Cite this entry
APA

location. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/location

MLA

“location.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/location. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “location,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/location.

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