A location is the place where something is, or where something happens. When you tell someone your location, you're explaining where you are right now: maybe “in the kitchen” or “at the soccer field” or “on the corner of Main Street and Oak Avenue.”

Every person, object, and event has a location. Your house has a location in your neighborhood. Your school has a location in your town. Even stars have locations in space, though astronomers need powerful telescopes and complex mathematics to pinpoint exactly where they are.

Location matters enormously in different contexts. In real estate, people say “location, location, location” because where a building sits often determines its value more than the building itself. In emergency situations, first responders need your exact location to help you quickly. In storytelling, the location where events unfold (the setting) shapes the entire mood and possibilities of the story.

Movies sometimes film “on location,” meaning they shoot scenes in real places rather than on studio sets. If a film about ancient Rome shoots on location in Italy, the actors perform amid actual Roman ruins instead of painted backdrops. This gives the movie an authentic feeling that's hard to fake.