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   Lo·cate

   /ˈlōˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. discover the exact place or position of: "engineers were working to locate the fault" Similar finddiscoverpinpointdetecttrack downrun to earthunearthhit oncome acrossrevealbring to lightsniff outsmoke outsearch outferret outturn upuncovercome up withlay one's hands onpin downlight onstumble across/onchance oninformal:put one's finger on
   • ▪ situate in a particular place: "these popular apartments are centrally located" Similar situatesitepositionplacebaseputbuildestablishfoundfixstationinstalllodgesetsettleseat
   • ▪ place within a particular context: "they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation"
   • ▪ establish oneself or one's business in a specified place: "his marketing strategy has been to locate in small towns"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin locat- ‘placed’, from the verb locare, from locus ‘place’. The original sense was as a legal term meaning ‘let out on hire’, later (late 16th century) ‘assign to a particular place’, then (particularly in North American usage) ‘establish in a place’. The sense ‘discover the exact position of’ dates from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. locatable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLOCATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LOCATE definition: 1. to be in a particular place: 2. to find or discover the exact position of something: 3. to…. Learn more.

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   Definition of locate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › locateLOCATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   to find the exact position of someone or something: Police are still trying to locate the suspect. be located in/near/on, etc. B1. to be in a particular place: Both schools are located in the town. (Definition of locate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   • English
   • Latin

   Etymology

   Borrowed from Latin locātus, past participle of loco (“to place”), from locus (“place”).

   Pronunciation

   1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləʊˈkeɪt/, /ləˈkeɪt/ 2. (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊkeɪt/, /loʊˈkeɪt/ 3. Rhymes: -eɪt 4. Hyphenation: lo‧cate

   Verb

   locate (third-person singular simple present locates, present participle locating, simple past and past participle located) 1. (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position. 1.1. 1881, Brooke Foss Westcott, The New Testament in the Original Greek: 1.1.1. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were locatedin the trans-Tiberine quarter. 1.2. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68: 1.2.1. The ability to shift profits to low-tax co...

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   Participle

   locāte 1. vocative masculine singular of locātus

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6. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › locatelocate | meaning of locate in Longman Dictionary of ...

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   locate meaning, definition, what is locate: to find the exact position of something...: Learn more.

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   Locate definition: to identify or discover the place or location of. See examples of LOCATE used in a sentence.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › locateLOCATE definition in American English | Collins English ...

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   1. to identify or discover the place or location of. to locate the bullet wound. 2. to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle. to locate our European office in Paris. 3. to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion.