locate
verb /ləʊˈkeɪt/
/ˈləʊkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they locate | /ləʊˈkeɪt/ /ˈləʊkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it locates | /ləʊˈkeɪts/ /ˈləʊkeɪts/ |
| past simple located | /ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈləʊkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle located | /ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈləʊkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form locating | /ləʊˈkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈləʊkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] locate somebody/something to find the exact position of somebody/something
- The mechanic located the fault immediately.
- Rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors.
- I twisted my head to either side, attempting to immediately locate and identify the horrible stench.
- We tried to locate the source of the sound.
Extra Examples- She took time to help me locate research materials.
- Some stars are quite easy to locate with a telescope.
- The machine can accurately locate radioactive material.
- We haven't yet been able to locate a suitable site.
- Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- precisely
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- [transitive] locate something + adv./prep. to put or build something in a particular place synonym site
- They located their headquarters in Swindon.
- Locating offices directly next to the labs is preferred by most researchers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- centrally
- conveniently
- ideally
- …
- at
- between
- close to
- …
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially North American English) to start a business in a particular place
- There are tax breaks for businesses that locate in rural areas.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: 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 cent.) ‘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 cent.