locationnoun
uk/ləʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/location noun (POSITION)
B1 [ C ] a place or position:
The hotel is in a beautiful location overlooking the lake.
A map showing the location of the property will be sent to you.
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- She elected to take early retirement instead of moving to the new location.
- The exact location of the factory has yet to be decided.
- The exact location of the hotel where the royal couple is staying is a jealously guarded secret.
- Because of their location, these offices attract a premium.
- The best thing about the location of the house is its proximity to the town centre.
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- loci
- place
- point
- post
- scene
- set
- setting
- situation
- spot
- station
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
- whereabouts
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location noun (FILM)
C1 [ C or U ] a place away from a studio where all or part of a film or a television show is recorded:
The documentary was made on location in the Gobi desert.
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- pan
- shoot
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- stunt
- the big screen 1
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Broadcasting in general
location noun (FINDING)
[ U ] formal the act of finding the exact position of something:
The latest navigational aids make the location of the airfield quite easy.
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Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get hold of idiom
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- sniff sth out
- stumble
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