word-vault/dist/data/cards/lo/location.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "location",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a place where something happens or exists; the position of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a honeymoon in a secret location"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mobile phones can determine our exact location and relay it to the police in an emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The harsh climate and remote location made mining even more difficult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country's strategic **geographical/geographic location**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't pinpoint her exact location because of some kind of interference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The equipment allows sailors to read their geographical coordinates for any given location."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We selected these two locations because they offer a range of services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We still do not know the precise location of the crash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is moving to a new location."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel is in a central location near the market place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The location of the nests is not being disclosed."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exact", "precise", "specific"],
                "verb + location": ["show", "find", "identify"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the… location", "on location"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place outside a film studio where scenes of a film are made",
            "sensetop": "location for somethingon location",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The village was used as the location for a popular TV series.",
                    "contextForm": "location for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie was shot entirely on location in Italy.",
                    "contextForm": "on location"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the exotic locations they filmed in"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went to the restaurant to scout a location for his next film."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["exact", "precise", "specific"],
                "verb + location": ["show", "find", "identify"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the… location", "on location"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of finding the position of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Location of a suitable site may take some time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a position or an address in computer memory",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The vulnerability lets hackers access data from any location in the physical memory of a system."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ləʊˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "lo/location/location__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ləʊˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "lo/location/location__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Latin locatio(n-), from the verb locare, from locus ‘place’."
}