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on location

on location prepositional phrase: synonym of on site.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of on site.
    • filmed on location [collocation in movie credits]
    • As the rest of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring of truth of any film about railways.1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 89
    Synonyms:
    on site

Synonyms of on location

Questions about on location

What does on location mean?
On location means synonym of on site.
What part of speech is on location?
On location is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on location in the dictionary

  1. on level terms
  2. on like Donkey Kong
  3. on line
  4. on loan
  5. on lobby terms
  6. on location
  7. on long-term sick
  8. on loop
  9. on main
  10. on mass
  11. on memo

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