location

Other forms of location

plural

locations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about location

What does location mean?

location means "a point or extent in space". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in location?

location has 3 syllables: lo-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /loʊˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for location?

Close synonyms include placement, locating, position, positioning, emplacement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of location?

The recorded antonyms are studio.

Is location a common word?

location is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with location?

104 words rhyme with location. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.