'Location' definitions:
Definition of 'location'
(from WordNet)
noun
A point or extent in space
noun
The act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]
noun
A determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix]
noun
A workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made; "they shot the film on location in Nevada" [ant: studio]
Definition of 'Location'
From: GCIDE
- Location \Lo*ca"tion\, n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
- 1. The act or process of locating. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Situation; place; locality. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire. --Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law) The 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. --Burrill. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'location'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allocation,
- arable land,
- assignment,
- barnyard,
- barton,
- bearings,
- bringing to light,
- case,
- casual discovery,
- catching,
- cattle ranch,
- chance discovery,
- chicken farm,
- circumstance,
- collective farm,
- collocation,
- condition,
- cotton plantation,
- croft,
- dairy farm,
- demesne,
- demesne farm,
- deployment,
- deposit,
- deposition,
- detection,
- determination,
- determining,
- disclosure,
- discovery,
- disposition,
- distinguishment,
- dry farm,
- dude ranch,
- emplacement,
- espial,
- estate,
- excavation,
- exhumation,
- exposure,
- factory farm,
- fallow,
- farm,
- farmery,
- farmhold,
- farmland,
- farmplace,
- farmstead,
- farmyard,
- find,
- finding,
- finding out,
- fix,
- footing,
- fruit farm,
- fur farm,
- grain farm,
- grange,
- grassland,
- hacienda,
- homecroft,
- homefarm,
- homestead,
- invention,
- jam,
- kibbutz,
- kolkhoz,
- lading,
- loading,
- locale,
- localization,
- locating,
- locus,
- lot,
- lucky strike,
- mains,
- manor farm,
- modality,
- mode,
- orchard,
- packing,
- pass,
- pasture,
- pen,
- pickle,
- pinpointing,
- place,
- placement,
- placing,
- plantation,
- plight,
- point,
- position,
- positioning,
- posting,
- posture,
- poultry farm,
- predicament,
- putting,
- ranch,
- rancheria,
- rancho,
- rank,
- recognition,
- rediscovery,
- reposition,
- revelation,
- serendipity,
- setting,
- sheep farm,
- site,
- situation,
- spot,
- spotting,
- standing,
- state,
- station,
- stationing,
- status,
- steading,
- stock farm,
- storage,
- stowage,
- strike,
- toft,
- tracking down,
- treasure trove,
- trouvaille,
- trove,
- truck farm,
- uncovering,
- unearthing,
- where