1. location(n = noun.tops) - a point or extent in space;
is a kind of object, physical object
is a part of infinite, space
has particulars: here, there, somewhere, bilocation, seat, home, base, home, outer space, space, jungle, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, earth, line, point, part, region, region, whereabouts, sodom, mountain pass, notch, pass, space
Derived forms verb locate4, verb locate1, verb locate3, verb locate2
2. location(n = noun.act) emplacement, locating, placement, position, positioning - the act of putting something in a certain place;
is a kind of activity
has particulars: stratification, apposition, collocation, juxtaposition, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering, superposition
Derived forms verb locate4, verb locate3
3. location(n = noun.act) fix, localisation, localization, locating - a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target"
is a kind of determination, finding
has particulars: echo sounding, echolocation
Derived forms verb locate1, verb locate2
4. location(n = noun.artifact) - 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"
is a kind of work, workplace
Antonym: studio
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. [1913 Webster]
4. A leasing on rent. Burrill. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
location, n.
1 a particular place; the place or position in which a person or thing is.
2 the act of locating or process of being located.
3 an actual place or natural setting featured in a film or broadcast, as distinct from a simulation in a studio (filmed entirely on location).
4 S.Afr. an area where Blacks are obliged to live, usu. on the outskirts of a town or city.
Etymology:
L locatio (as LOCATE)
N circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point, terms, regime, footing, standing, status, occasion, juncture, conjunctive, contingency, predicament, emergence, emergency, exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push, occurrence, turning point, bearings, how the land lies, surroundings, context, environment, location, contingency, dependence (uncertainty), causation, attribution, circumstantial, given, conditional, provisional, critical, modal, contingent, incidental, adventitious, limitative, in the circumstances, under the circumstances, the circumstances, conditions, thus, in such wise, accordingly, that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances, that being so, sith, since, seeing that, as matters stand, as things go, as times go, conditionally, provided, if, in case, if so, if so be, if it be so, depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions, if it so happen, if it so turn out, in the event of, in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event, provisionally, unless, without, according to circumstances, according to the occasion, as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be, as the case may be, as the wind blows, pro re nata, yet are my sins not those of circumstance.
N location, localization, lodgment, deposition, reposition, stowage, package, collocation, packing, lading, establishment, settlement, installation, fixation, insertion, habitat, environment, surroundings (situation), circumjacence, anchorage, mooring, encampment, plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment, colonization, domestication, situation, habitation, cohabitation, a local habitation and a name, endenization, naturalization, placed, situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted, domesticated, vested in, unremoved, moored, at anchor.