location en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /loʊˈkeɪʃən/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion.
Meanings
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A particular point or place in physical space.
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:
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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
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(South-Africa) An 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:
- A leasing on rent.
- (Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- (US) 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
- (Kenya) An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| locations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
measure of location · cytolocation · storage location · personal location beacon · translocation · mislocation · geolocation · echolocation · intralocation · interlocation · location map · central location test · emergency location transmitter · bilocation · on location · macrolocation · microlocation · personal location radiobeacon · delocation · relocation · photolocation · location arithmetic · elocation · multilocation · location-agnostic · electrolocation · micro-location · co-location · radiolocation · immunolocation · locationist · erotic target location error · emergency location transponder · locationism · adlocation
Descendants
Relateds
locate · locative · local · locational · localize · locale · locator
Synonyms
Translations (154)
th ที่ (place) · sv lokalisering (act of locating) · ko 지점 (place) · got 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (place) · sh лока́ција (place) · bn স্থান (place) · uk місцезнаходження (place) · nb beliggenhet (place) · ka მდებარეობა (place) · tr yer (place) · pl położenie (place) · is staður (place) · ru ме́сто (place) · km ស្ថាន (place) · bg местоположе́ние (place) · ko 장소 (place) · de Ortsbestimmung (act of locating) · la locus (place) · de Ortung (act of locating) · sh lokácija (place) · mi tauwāhi (place) · fa مکان (place) · ka ადგილმდებარეობა (place) · uk поло́ження (place) · es localización (place) · cu мѣсто (place) · km ថាន (place) · ar مَوْقِع (place) · fr situation (place) · is staðsetning (place) · th ตำแหน่ง (place) · pt localização (place) · et ruum (place) · fi sijainti (place) · sq vend (place) · fr position (place) · fr lieu (place) · nn stad (place) · uk місцеполо́ження (place) · it ubicazione (place) · ja 設置 (act of locating) · sh mjȅsto (place) · es localización (act of locating) · tr lokasyon (place) · eo situo (place) · ar مَكَان (place) · tg маҳалл (place) · fa محل (place) · fr emplacement (place) · it collocamento (act of locating) · az qonuq (place) · de Ort (place) · ru местонахожде́ние (place) · ru пози́ция (place) · fi paikka (place) · ka ადგილი (place) · pl lokalizacja (place) · tg макон (place) · es locación (place) · cmn 場所 /场所 (place) · pt localização (act of locating) · cs poloha (place) · bg мя́сто (place) · uk розташува́ння (place) · ja 地点 (place) · pl miejsce (place) · fa جایگاه (place) · de Lage (place) · bn জায়গা (place) · da plads (place) · ja 場所 (place) · sv läge (place) · ru местоположе́ние (place) · ca ubicació (act of locating) · bg разпола́гане (act of locating) · sl lokacija (place) · sv plats (place) · ang stow (place) · de Lokalisation (act of locating) · sh mȅsto (place) · cmn 地方 (place) · si ස්ථානය (place) · sk miesto (place) · uk мі́сце (place) · da sted (place) · pt local (place) · ka ლოკაცია (act of locating) · sl mesto (place) · cmn 地點 /地点 (place) · es ubicación (place) · txb wṣeñña (place) · ko 위치 (place) · vi vị trí (place) · tg маҳал (place) · az yer (place) · txb īke (place) · pl lokacja (act of locating) · sk poloha (place) · uga 𐎎𐎋𐎐𐎚 (place) · de Platz (place) · it collocazione (act of locating) · da beliggenhed (place) · ca ubicació (place) · de Lokalisierung (act of locating) · da lokalisering (act of locating) · mi taiwhanga (place) · el τοποθεσία (place) · ar مَوْضِع (place) · ja 配置 (act of locating) · th สถานที่ (place) · sl lociranje (act of locating) · ary بلاصة (place) · tg ҷойгоҳ (place) · nl plaats (place) · cs místo (place) · ota مكان (place) · mk местоположба (place) · ru расположе́ние (place) · el θέση (place) · sk umiestnenie (place) · nb sted (place) · it posizione (place) · vi địa điểm (place) · lo ສະຖານ (place) · mk локација (place) · ru размеще́ние (act of locating) · pdt Städ (place) · cmn 位置 (place) · fi sijoittaminen (act of locating) · hi अवस्थिति (place) · be размяшчэ́нне (act of locating) · ja 位置 (place) · sh мје̏сто (place) · ro localizarea (place) · cs umístění (place) · sh ме̏сто (place) · de Standort (place) · tr konum (place) · mi wāhi (place) · be ме́сца (place) · eo loko (place) · ru положе́ние (place) · be стано́вішча (place) · ka ადგილსამყოფელი (place) · es ubicación (act of locating) · be месцазнахо́джанне (place) · de Ortsermittlung (act of locating) · sl kraj (place) · arz مكان (place) · nl locatie (place) · mk место (place) · sw kata (administrative region in Kenya) · fr localisation (place) · et asukoht (place)