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Meaning of location | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ləʊˈkeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. synonym of Veranstaltungsort
  2. A particular point or place in physical space
  3. A particular point or place in physical space.
  4. on location, engaged in filming at a place away from the studio, esp. one that is or is like the setting of the screenplay: on location in Rome.
  5. An act of locating
  6. An act of locating.
  7. belonging to a certain place or district. The local shops are very good; local problems. plaaslik مَحَلّي местен local místní Orts-... lokal; stedlig τοπικόςlocal, del barrio, de la zona kohalik محلی paikallinen local, du quartier מקומי स्थानीय, सीमित lokalni hely(bel)i lokal stað-, staðar-, staðbundinn locale 地域の 현지의 vietinis vietējs tempatan plaatselijklokal, stedligmiejscowy محلى local local местный miestny lokalen lokalni lokal, orts- ประจำท้องถิ่น yerel 當地的,本地的,地方的 місцевий مقامی địa phư...
  8. An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township
  9. An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
    South-Africa
  10. plaaslik, op die plek مَحَلِيّاً местно localmente místně lokal lokalt; stedligt τοπικάen la localidad, en el lugar, localmente kohapeal در محل؛ به طور موضعی paikallisesti localementמקומי स्थानीय तौर पर lokalno helyileg setempat á afmörkuðu svæði localmente 局地的に 어떤 지방에 vietiniu mastu, vietoje vietēji di tempat ini plaatselijklokalt, på stedet miejscowo اړين په يوه سيمه localmente pe/în plan local локально miestne lokalno lokalno lokalt เฉพาะแห่ง yerel olarak 在當地,在附近 в місцевому масштабі مقامی...
  11. A leasing on rent
  12. A leasing on rent.
  13. a district. Public transport is a problem in this locality. plek مَنطِقَه район localidade lokalita die Örtlichkeit område; sted περιοχήlocalidad paikkond محل alue localitéשכונה, סביבה इलाका mjesto hely(ség), térség distrik staður località 地域 지방 vietovė, rajonas vieta; apvidus; apkārtne; apkaime kawasan plaats, streeksted, lokalitetrejon ناحيه،سيمه localidade localitate, zonă район lokalita področje lokalitet ställe, trakt, ort สถานที่ bölge 地區 місцевість; район علاقہ tính địa phương 地区
  14. A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire
  15. A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
    Scotland
  16. (of filming) in natural surroundings outside the studio. op die terrein تَصوير مَشْهَد خارِج الأستوديو на терен no local v exteriéru auf Außenaufnahme på stedet; on location σε εξωτερικούς χώρους (εκτός στούντιο) en exteriores välisvõtete paigas در خارج از استدیو؛ در خود محل varsinaisessa kohteessa en extérieur בְּאֲתָר הַצִילוּמִים शहर या देश में u vanjskom prostoru, u prirodi külső (felvétel) syuting di luar tökustaður utan kvikmyndavers in esterni ロケ中で 야외 촬영의 natūroje (par filmēšanu) ārpus...
  17. 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
    US
  18. The act or process of locating: Location of the lost hikers took two days.
  19. An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.
    Kenya
  20. A place where something is or could be located; a site.
  21. A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot: filming a Western on location in the Mexican desert.
  22. A tract of land that has been surveyed and marked off.
  23. a site or position; situation

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Examples

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

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