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locate

/ locate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
"Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"
"My search turned up nothing"
Type of:
find regain
Kinds of:
unearth pinpoint nail
Derived:
localization localisation location locating fix
Verb group:
excavate dig up turn up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
assign a location to
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
Type of:
station post base
Derived:
site land site position post berth
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Kinds of:
colonize colonise resettle
Derived:
placement location locating position positioning
Entails:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
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"
"Locate the boundaries of the property"
Type of:
determine find find out
Kinds of:
acquire radiolocate map place localize
Derived:
locator locater localization localisation location
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
65%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
3
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find regain unearth pinpoint nail station post base colonize colonise resettle determine