location

«location» in Mova's school dictionary: or happens — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a location, locations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A place or position where something is or happens. tree →

2) The place where a film is made away from a studio: «filmed on location». tree →

3) The position of something found by a map, a GPS or a phone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and maps: give a location with a grid reference, a compass direction or coordinates. In safety: in an emergency tell the operator your exact location; be careful about sharing your location online. Phrases: «on location», «exact location», «share your location», «a good location».

examples

• Mark the location of the school on the map. tree →
• The treasure's location was a secret. tree →
• In an emergency, tell them your exact location. tree →
• Don't share your location with strangers online. tree →
• The film was shot on location in New Zealand. tree →
• This café is in a great location by the beach. tree →
• The GPS shows our location as a blue dot. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: locate (to find the exact place of). Spelling: «-tion». «On location» means away from the studio, not just «in a place».

In the corpora

• Apps may ask for more permissions, like microphone and location, than they need; a grown-up can help say no.
• La location means rental or hire: location de vélos means bike hire; a place is un endroit or un lieu.
• In Europa Universalis 5 a whole location gets one climate label, like a stamp.
• In Europa Universalis 5 each location gets one culture, painted in neat patches.
• In Europa Universalis 5 sugar is a valuable trade good from Caribbean colonies and grain is the plain good of many locations.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «location» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.