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locate

/ˈloʊˌkeɪt/verb2 syllables

Locate means: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining.

Synonyms for locate7

verb, as in discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

turn up, excavate, dig up

verb, as in assign a location to

place, site

verb, as in determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

situate

verb, as in take up residence and become established

settle

What does locate mean?4

verb

1

discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining“Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?”

2

assign a location to“The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”

3

determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey“Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space”

4

take up residence and become established“The immigrants settled in the Midwest”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with locate?1

three syllables

relocate
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Locate in a sentence

  • Can you locate the keys in your backpack?Amastan
  • X rays are used to locate breaks in bones.CM
  • It took us a week to locate their hideaway.CM
  • It took one week to locate their hiding place.AOCinJAPAN
  • The bat's sonar abilities allow it to locate prey.Amastan
  • I can't locate the source of the problem.CK
  • Can you locate this place on the map for me?sharptoothed
  • Please take a moment to locate the exit closest to you.Hybrid

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of locate

as a verb

past tense
located
present participle
locating
third-person singular
locates
past participle
located