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locatelocate /ˈloʊkeɪt/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb ETYMOLOGYlocateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of locare to place, from locus VERB TABLElocate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | locate | | he, she, it | locates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | located | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have located | | he, she, it | has located | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had located | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will locate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have located |
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| Present | I | am locating | | he, she, it | is locating | | you, we, they | are locating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was locating | | you, we, they | were locating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been locating | | he, she, it | has been locating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been locating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be locating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been locating |
THESAURUSdiscover by searching/chance► find to see or get something, either by searching for it or by chance: I found a wallet in the parking lot. Have you found your plane ticket yet? ► discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before: Some hikers discovered dinosaur bones near the river. ► locate to find the exact position of something: We couldn’t locate the source of the radio signal. ► detect to notice or discover something that is not easy to see, hear, etc.: The test can detect cancer at an early stage in the disease. ► uncover to discover something that has been kept secret or hidden: His daughter is trying to uncover the truth about his past. ► unearth to find out information or the truth about something that has been hidden for a long time: It was years before the full story was unearthed. ► track somebody/something down to find someone or something after searching in different places: Detectives finally tracked her down in California. ► trace to find someone or something that has disappeared: The police are trying to trace the person who left the baby at the hospital. ► turn something up informal to find something by searching for it thoroughly: The investigation hasn’t turned up any new evidence. ► stumble on/across (also come across) to find something by accident: Pye stumbled on the story when he was researching a book about New York in the early 1900s. 1[transitive] to find the exact position of someone or something: Divers have located the shipwreck.► see thesaurus at find12be located to be in a particular place or position SYN be situated: Where exactly is the tumor located?locate in/at/near etc. The theater is located in the center of town.3[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive always + adv./prep.] to come to a place and start a business, company, etc. there, or to bring a business, company, etc. somewhere and start it: locate (something) in/at etc. something Several discount stores have located in nearby communities. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of locare to place, from locus] |