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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#m1)

2) The place where a film is made away from a studio: «filmed on location». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#m2)

3) The position of something found by a map, a GPS or a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x1)
- The treasure's location was a secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x2)
- In an emergency, tell them your exact location. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x3)
- Don't share your location with strangers online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x4)
- The film was shot on location in New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x5)
- This café is in a great location by the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x6)
- The GPS shows our location as a blue dot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/14/)
- [La location means rental or hire: location de vélos means bike hire; a place is un endroit or un lieu.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/35-false-friends/15/)
- [In Europa Universalis 5 a whole location gets one climate label, like a stamp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/7/)
- [In Europa Universalis 5 each location gets one culture, painted in neat patches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/7/)
- [In Europa Universalis 5 sugar is a valuable trade good from Caribbean colonies and grain is the plain good of many locations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «location» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/location/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.