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location
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”).Morphologically locate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lo??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l???ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
location (plural locations)
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- An act of locating.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- 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.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- It is the sounds of apartheid, of the townships, the locations […]
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- (law) A leasing on rent.
- (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)
- (law, US) 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (a place): place
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- location in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- location in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- location at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- colation, coontail
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio(nem), from locatum, from locare (“to rent, hire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.ka.sj??/
Noun
location f (plural locations)
- renting, rental
- rent
- rented accommodation
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- The article suggests that I ‘abused favourable prices in the City of Paris’ with regard to the intermediary housing of which I was a tenant. I wish to clarify that this accommodation had been allocated under normal, regular conditions in 2001, six years before I was elected Deputy.
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- hire (of a car etc.)
- booking, reservation
Related terms
- loyer
- lieu
- louer
See also
- établissement
Usage notes
- This false friend does not mean location.
Further reading
- “location” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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placing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ple?s??/
- Rhymes: -e?s??
Verb
placing
- present participle of place
Noun
placing (plural placings)
- The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
- The condition of being placed.
- The position of a competitor at the end of a race.
Anagrams
- capling
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