location

noun

1. a point or extent in space

   Less specific

   • object, physical object

   More specific

   • here, there, somewhere, bilocation, seat, home, base, home, outer space, space, jungle, north, northeast, east, southeast (more) , south, southwest, west, northwest, Earth, earth, line, point, region, part, region, whereabouts, sodom, pass, mountain pass, notch, space

   Part of

   • space, infinite

2. the act of putting something in a certain place

   Synonyms

   • placement, locating, position, positioning, emplacement

   Less specific

   • activity

   More specific

   • stratification, juxtaposition, apposition, collocation, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering, superposition

3. a determination of the place where something is; “he got a good fix on the target”

   Synonyms

   • localization, localisation, locating, fix

   Less specific

   • determination, finding

   More specific

   • echolocation, echo sounding

4. 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”

   Antonym

   • studio

   Less specific

   • workplace, work