Synonym: area, district, neighborhood, place, position, region, section, site, situation, spot, territory, zone. Similar words: locate, education, indication, medication, educational, implication, publication, application. Meaning: [ləʊ’keɪʃn] 
n. 1. a point or extent in space 2. the act of putting something in a certain place 3. a determination of the place where something is 4. a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made.
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1. The company has transferred to an eastern location.
2. The film was shot on location in France.
3. It is a suitable location for a new school.
4. We first met location, it was named: miss.
5. His apartment is in a really good location.
6. The bunker’s precise location is a closely guarded secret.
7. What is the exact location of the ship?
8. The location of the hotel is sublime.
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9. The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location.
10. With this you can pinpoint the precise location of the sound.
11. The campsite is in a beautiful location next to the beach.
12. I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.
13. Have you decided on the location of the new building?
14. We still do not know the precise location of the crash.
15. The rent is reasonable, and moreover, the location is perfect.
16. Pop some smoke and let me see your location.
17. Because of their location(Sentencedict.com), these offices attract a premium.
18. Macau’s newest small luxury hotel has a beautiful location.
19. The reporter was taken blindfold to a secret location.
20. The movie was shot entirely on location in Italy.
21. The movie was shot entirely on location in India.
22. The film was shot on location in Southern India.
23. The film was shot on location in Kenya.
24. She knew the exact location of The Eagle’s headquarters.
25. The first duty of a director is to recce his location.
26. For them, the house’s main value lay in its quiet country location.
27. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.
28. The equipment had to be dismantled and reassembled at each new location.
29. The first thing he looked at was his office’s location.
30. We’re willing to pay a premium for the best location.
More similar words: locate, education, indication, medication, educational, implication, publication, application, communication, identification, esterification, telecommunications, nation, local, formation, equation, donation, national, operation, zonation, relation, inflation, radiation, allegation, isolation, variation, sensation, summation, migration, violation.
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The meaning of «Locate» in various phrases and sentences
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What does locate mean?
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Locate can mean
Where are you?
Ima locate where my phone is..
It just mean your trying find something
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What does locate mean?
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locate means “to find”
“i need to locate her house”
Example sentences using «Locate»
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Please show me example sentences with to locate
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«Find» would be the most common. «Did you find what you were looking for?», «I can’t find it!», «I need to find the nearest gas station.»
«Locate» seems more technical. The word «location» is often used to indicate where something is, but «locate» as a verb isn’t used as much.
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Please show me example sentences with locate.
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«The woman is trying to locate her missing purse.»
«Were the police able to locate the stolen car?»
«The business is located in a good neighborhood.»
«That book is located in the back of the library.»
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Please show me example sentences with conveniently located.
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«When he fell into the pool, he immediately reached for the rubber ring that was conveniently located right next to where he fell». «conveniently located» basically means «they’re lucky it was there, they might have been in trouble without it». Sometimes we use it sarcastically when we know someone has DELIBERATELY put something somewhere so it would be useful to them later, but the person is pretending they were just lucky that it was there
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Please show me example sentences with locate .
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http://www.manythings.org/sentences/words/locate/1.html
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Please show me example sentences with locate.
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Locate means to find.
For example, «I can locate China on a map.»
Synonyms of «Locate» and their differences
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What is the difference between locate and spot ?
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“Locate” means that you’re intentionally searching for something.
“I’ve located the enemy hideout”
“Spot” sounds like you noticed something, maybe accidentally.
“I spotted a strange bug on my way to school”
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What is the difference between locate and place ?
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What is the difference between located and situated ?
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Situated is simply a higher-register word than located . situated tends to sound more formal; located, more casual. located» is a much more commonly used word in everyday (American) English .
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What is the difference between located in and located at ?
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The word «at» by itself is used a lot more than «located at». And it works the same way.
For example: I’m at the coffee shop.
I’m at the coffee shop. = I’m located at the coffee shop.
But, «I’m at» is much more common than «I’m located at», even though they mean the same thing.
Translations of «Locate»
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How do you say this in English (UK)?
Скажіть будь ласка, яка різниця між «located» and «placed»?
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«Located» is mostly used for buildings and geographical locations (ie. countries, continents, and so on), and «placed» for everyday items.
Наприклад:
«The hospital is located in a poor part of the town»
«Canada is located in North America» (though, normally, native speakers will tend to omit «located» in most contexts)
«The woman’s handbag was placed under the bed»
«My money is placed in a safe»
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How do you say this in English (US)? located
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How do you say this in English (US)? located
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How do you say this in English (US)? well located
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Other questions about «Locate»
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locate = find?
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«Locate» sounds more formal to me, but yes.
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Please show me how to pronounce located.
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Using the correct preposition after a word determines its meaning and can change a lot of the context of a sentence if you use it wrong. We’ll look at the differences between located in and located at in this article to see when to use each one.
What Is The Difference Between “Located In” And “Located At”?
Located in should be used when something can be found inside a particular thing or location (i.e., located in the box). Located at should be used when something can be found at a particular place (i.e., located at the restaurant). Generally, they are interchangeable as well.
According to The Cambridge Dictionary, “located” means “to be in a particular place” and can be extended based on whether we use the prepositions “in” or “at” afterward.
Examples Of “Located In” In A Sentence
Let’s look through some examples. First, we’ll start with using “located in.”
We use “located in” to show that something is found inside of something. Usually, it’s an object that can store things or a specific name of a place. It can also be used to refer to something that is within our proximity.
- The pen is located in the box over there.
- She is located in Arby’s right now.
- We’re located in the forest somewhere!
- The cake is located in the fridge.
- Are you located in the house?
- Which of these buildings is he located in?
In each of these cases, we can see how something is physically inside of something or close enough to us to use the preposition “in.”
We typically use “located in” when we want to find out a direct location of an object. We are either able to see the particular building or container and should be able to point them out during the sentence.
Examples Of “Located At” In A Sentence
“Located at” is seen as the more general of the two terms.
We use “located at” when we want to give a general idea of where something is located. It doesn’t have to be named, and it definitely can’t be placed inside of a container of some kind.
- They’re located at a restaurant somewhere.
- It’s located at the place where I left it.
- We’re located at the edge of the forest.
- You’re located at the cliffside.
- Where are you located at?
- We should find out where we’re located at!
Generally, we use “located at” to show a much less specific position. Usually, when we’re asking a question or trying to find out where someone or something is located, we’ll use the “at” preposition because we’re unsure about the answer and keeps things very general.
Where Are You Located In Or At?
When someone asks “where are you located,” it is usually followed by the preposition “at.” This is because “at” keeps things general and allows someone to figure out their whereabouts without worrying about exact place names or locations.
“Where are you located at” is the correct way to word this question. However, you usually don’t need to include the word “at” at the end. Instead, the question “where are you located” works just as well and keeps the question general.
It’s up to you whether you want to keep the “at” in the sentence or not. Most native speakers will leave it out under the assumption that we already understand that the question is general enough.
We don’t need to find someone’s exact location when we’re asking it; we only need to find their general whereabouts.
What Does It Mean When Someone Asks You “Where Are You Located At”?
The types of people that might ask you a question like this can vary. That means that the situation can be dependent on who’s asking you the question. However, when someone asks you, “where are you located at,” they’re always trying to find you and your specific location.
You may be asked by your parents if they’re wondering where you’ve been or where you might have gone. You may be asked by emergency services if you called them to tell them you’re lost. You may be asked by some friends if they want to meet up with you.
The situations can vary, but the meaning of the question is always to try and find you.
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#1
Hi everyone! I have a question. My student was told that the question «where is the shop (it) located? » isn’t correct as we can’t use «where» and «located» in one sentence. It’s like buttery butter. To be honest, I’ve never heard such a rule. At least I saw such examples on the internet. That’s why we should use «situated». So, is it true we can’t use » Located» and «where» together? I thought it may be a regional thing.
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#2
‘Where is it located?’ is redundant but perfectly correct, and in common use. ‘Situated’ is redundant in exactly the same way.
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#3
Hello Eugenia McKenzie — welcome to the forums!
Do you know who said that to your student? It sound like a very odd statement to me: you certainly can use «where» and «located» in the same sentence.
That said, it’s not often necessary to do so. «Where is the shop?» is usually sufficient.
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cross-posted and agreeing with etb’s much more succinct answer
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No, it isn’t like buttery butter.
In conversation, it sounds a little formal or redundant, but we often talk about the «location» of a house we’re interested in buying or renting. I’d expect to hear an estate agent ask me where the house I’m selling is «located».
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Hello Eugenia McKenzie — welcome to the forums!
Do you know who said that to your student? It sound like a very odd statement to me: you certainly can use «where» and «located» in the same sentence.
That said, it’s not often necessary to do so. «Where is the shop?» is usually sufficient.
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cross-posted and agreeing with etb’s much more succinct answer
Her English teacher told her that. I thought she is old and studied a kind of old version of English (you know how it was 50 years ago) but she appeared to be young. And I’m a little bit confused as I haven’t heard of it. Thank you for your reply!
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I had degrees from two universities 50 years ago, both of them in the U.S. (where we speak something much like English), and was enrolled at a third. I do not recall any such rule or practice at that time. I’m fairly sure the people who sold me my first home told me where it was located.
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#7
I suspect that the teacher was just emphasising the difference between Russian and English. Russian has two different question words for where: to ask about the location of something, and to ask about one’s destination.
Thus, in Where is the shop? and Where are you going? the where words are not the same. In the first question, a Russian says in effect «Where is the shop located?» and in the second «Whither are you going?» I feel that the teacher meant that when you just ask where something is in English, you don’t need to ask where it is «located»- although you may if you feel it is necessary.
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Yes, it certainly isn’t necessary but it’s not the first time I’ve come across someone who objects to it (I personally don’t give a hoot 🦉🤣).
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I suspect that the teacher was just emphasising the difference between Russian and English. Russian has two different question words for where: to ask about the location of something, and to ask about one’s destination.
Thus, in Where is the shop? and Where are you going? the where words are not the same. In the first question, a Russian says in effect «Where is the shop located?» and in the second «Whither are you going?» I feel that the teacher meant that when you just ask where something is in English, you don’t need to ask where it is «located»- although you may if you feel it is necessary.
But the problem is she demands her students to make such questions as I asked because some of her kids are passing exams in may. And it’s a task to ask where something is located. And every time they say where is is located? she gets angry and that girl tell me about it.
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#10
in the U.S. (where we speak something much like English)
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#11
I don’t know. Your friend may not be accurately describing the situation. It is certainly not good style to always talk about something being located somewhere.
These are risible in BE:
Where is your pen located? — It’s on my desk.
Where is your hat located? — It’s located on my head.
Where is the nearest bank located? — It’s located next to the butcher’s.
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#12
And every time they say where is is located?
There shouldn’t be an ‘every time’ about this. Students shouldn’t be saying it, any more than we native speakers say it. It’s rare, and usually unnecessary. It’s not wrong for locations in a town (or of a mine or a national park in the country, for example), but it’s not the normal thing to say.
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#13
There shouldn’t be an ‘every time’ about this. Students shouldn’t be saying it, any more than we native speakers say it. It’s rare, and usually unnecessary. It’s not wrong for locations in a town (or of a mine or a national park in the country, for example), but it’s not the normal thing to say.
Well, its not my whim. That’s what examiners want to hear and if the students don’t say that they get less points for the exams. Unfortunately the students can do nothing about it
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#14
Then why bother to ask the question if you’re going to to tell students to use the words the examiners want to hear? 😊I’m joking, of course. This is an unfortunate fact of life and one which happens more than it should (and I’m not talking about language exams).
In any case, I think we’ve established that it really should only be used when absolutely necessary but that in actual fact it is used by some when it’s totally unnecessary. It’s not something I get worked up about, personally. I have different pet peeves🤣.
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#15
But the problem is she demands her students to make such questions as I asked because some of her kids are passing exams in may. And it’s a task to ask where something is located. And every time they say where is is located? she gets angry and that girl tell me about it.
Do you mean that what the teacher said will not be accepted by the examiners? How can you possibly know that? I’m sure the teacher isn’t getting angry on a whim, and I’m sorry but I doubt that the examiners are not aware of such basic points of usage/style.
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Veli, I can believe it. I taught English at an Italian university for five years and more than once during oral exams I had to intervene with the lecturer in charge (an Italian) who sometimes contested students for saying things which were perfectly correct from my point of view but weren’t contemplated in the book he’d written. He used to let his arrogance get away with him completely.
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I suspect that the teacher was just emphasising the difference between Russian and English. Russian has two different question words for where: to ask about the location of something, and to ask about one’s destination…
Just to be precise on this point, it has three. The third is to ask where one is coming from.
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One problem is that often a somewhat simplified form is taught. It can be very difficult to explain every possible nuance and exception in everyday, fluent usage. You can see that even here native English speakers have different thoughts on the usage of the word «located» in a sentence and can’t always verbalize it clearly.
I mostly agree with this:
«It’s rare, and usually unnecessary.»
But how do you explain to a student how to determine usual circumstances from unusual circumstances? It’s often very difficult. So they end up teaching «rules» that basically ignore the subtleties. They just say, «Always do it this way.» because it covers both cases.
That makes it easy for the evaluators. If the student does it that way they know the student understood the lesson. If they do it another way, they don’t know if the student didn’t understand the lesson and got lucky or if they really do understand and have used an acceptable (sometimes even better) alternate form. To keep things rigorous, they just say «do it this way» and mark everything else wrong.
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Do you mean that what the teacher said will not be accepted by the examiners? How can you possibly know that? I’m sure the teacher isn’t getting angry on a whim, and I’m sorry but I doubt that the examiners are not aware of such basic points of usage/style.
I made not that clear. So, my student asks «where is is located? » Which is perfectly fine for me. Her English teacher at school says it’s not correct you should say «where is it situated? «. If the student says » Where is the shop? » during exams I’m afraid that she can get less points. Examiners are ancient people who studied English when Queen Anne was alive (I myself studied such questions as «have you a cat? «) , and they prefer this style of English. And as far as I know some of these teachers/examiners can nag for what you say ( it’s common here)
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I would suggest that English native speakers use «Where is it located» in two cases:
- If the thing is capable of having a SatNav or latitude/longitude reference. E.g. The town is located 50 miles south of Berlin.
- If the context is a technical one. E.g. The on/off switch is located in the housing beneath the indicator dial.
Otherwise they will probably say «Where is it?»
If your teachers and examiners say the opposite, they should be denounced as fools. (OK, I know.)
And anyway, as you should know by now, English is not bound by rules such as this.
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#21
Thanks for the clarification, Eugenia. It wasn’t usual in the past to «always» talk about shops being located or situated in a place. I should know, because I’m no spring chicken myself .
The ngrams show that «located» is a more recent trend than «situated». I always regarded the excessive use of «located» as something of an American habit. It’s often used in ad-speak: Your hotel is located in the spectacular mountain resort of …
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American ‘ad-speak’ is sometimes much different from ordinary American English. Ordinary Americans would likely say «The hotel is in the Blue Ridge Mountains» rather than «The hotel is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains.»
Summary:
This section deals with prepositions and their standard uses.
Graphics for this handout were developed by Michelle Hansard.
Prepositions expressing spatial relations are of two kinds: prepositions of location and prepositions of direction. Both kinds may be either positive or negative. Prepositions of location appear with verbs describing states or conditions, especially be; prepositions of direction appear with verbs of motion. This handout deals with positive prepositions of location that sometimes cause difficulty: at, on, and in.
The handout is divided into two sections. The first explains the spatial relationships expressed by the three prepositions. The second examines more closely the uses of in and on.
Dimensions and Prepositions
Prepositions differ according to the number of dimensions they refer to. We can group them into three classes using concepts from geometry: point, surface, and area or volume.
Point
Prepositions in this group indicate that the noun that follows them is treated as a point in relation to which another object is positioned.
Surface
Prepositions in this group indicate that the position of an object is defined with respect to a surface on which it rests.
Area/Volume
Prepositions in this group indicate that an object lies within the boundaries of an area or within the confines of a volume.
Notice that although in geometry surface and area go together because both are two-dimensional, in grammar area and volume go together because the same prepositions are used for both.
In light of these descriptions, at, on, and in can be classified as follows:
at …. point
on …. surface
in … area/volume
The meanings of the three prepositions can be illustrated with some sample sentences:
1) My car is at the house.
2) There is a new roof on the house.
3) The house is in Tippecanoe county.
4) There are five rooms in the house, which has a lovely fireplace in the living room.
All of these sentences answer a question of the form, «Where is _______?» but each gives different information. Before going on, explain to yourself the spatial relations shown in each sentence.
1) locates a car in relation to a house, understood as a fixed point.
2) treats the house as a surface upon which another object, the roof, is placed.
3) locates the house within a geographical area.
4) treats the house as a three-dimensional structure that can be divided into smaller volumes, namely, rooms, inside one of which is an object, the fireplace.
Using «At»
At calls for further comment. Because it is the least specific of the prepositions in its spatial orientation, it has a great variety of uses. Here are some of them:
Location
5a) Tom is waiting for his sister at the bank.
5b) Sue spent the whole afternoon at the fair.
Destination
6a) We arrived at the house.
6b) The waiter was at our table immediately.
Direction
7a) The policeman leaped at the assailant.
7b) The dog jumped at my face and really scared me.
In 5a), the bank can be understood as a point defining Tom’s location, much as in 1) above. It makes less sense to think of a fair as a point in 5b) since fairs are usually spread out over a fairly large area. Probably at is used in this case just because it is the least specific preposition; it defines Sue’s location with respect to the fair rather than some other place.
In 6a), at exhibits its cause/effect relationship with to, which cannot be used here: arrival at a place is the result of going to it. For more on this relationship, see the handout Prepositions of Direction: To, (On)to, (In)to.
7a) and 7b) show that with certain verbs of motion at may be used with the same meaning as its directional counterpart to, that is, direction toward something.
Choosing Between «In» and «On»
Nouns denoting enclosed spaces, such as a field or a window, take both on and in. The prepositions have their normal meanings with these nouns: on is used when the space is considered as a surface, in when the space is presented as an area:
Three players are practicing on the field. (surface)
Three cows are grazing in the field. (area)
The frost made patterns on the window. (surface)
A face appeared in the window. (area)
Notice that in implies that the field is enclosed, whereas on implies only that the following noun denotes a surface and not necessarily an enclosed area:
The sheep are grazing in the pasture. (enclosed by a fence)
The cattle are grazing on the open range. (not enclosed by a fence)
Three players are on the basketball court. (not enclosed)
Two boxers are in the ring. (enclosed by ropes)
When the area has metaphorical instead of actual boundaries, such as when field means «academic discipline,» in is used:
She is a leading researcher in the bioengineering field.
Several common uses of in and on occur with street. The first two follow the general pattern of in and on usage. The third is an idiom that must be learned as a unit.
a) The children are playing in the street.
b) Our house is on Third Street.
c) He declared bankruptcy last week, and now he’s out on the street.
(This is an idiom meaning that he’s poor.)
In a), the street is understood as an area enclosed by the sidewalks on either side. Compare b) with the discussion of sentence 3) in the first section. Here, on locates the house on either side of Third Street; it doesn’t mean that the street is a surface on which the house sits. Because the street is understood as a line next to which the house is situated, on functions much like at in its normal use; in other words, it locates the house in relation to the street but does not specify the exact address. For that purpose, at is used because the address is like a particular point on the line. Compare: «Our house is at 323 Third Street.» In c), out on the street is an idiom meaning «poor» or «destitute.»
In and on are also used with means of transportation: in is used with a car, on with public or commercial means of transportation:
in the car
on the bus
on the plane
on the train
on the ship
Some speakers of English make a further distinction for public modes of transportation, using in when the carrier is stationary and on when it is in motion.
My wife stayed in/on the bus while I got out at the rest stop.
The passengers sat in/on the plane awaiting takeoff.