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lo·cate
(lō′kāt′, lō-kāt′)v. lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing, lo·cates
v.tr.
1. To determine or specify the position or limits of: locate Albany on the map; managed to locate the site of the old artists' colony.
2. To find by searching, examining, or experimenting: locate the source of error.
3. To place at a certain location; station or situate: locate an agent in Rochester.
v.intr.
To become established; settle: new businesses that have located in town.
[Latin locāre, locāt-, to place, from locus, place.]
lo′cat′a·ble adj.
lo′cat′er n.
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locate
(ləʊˈkeɪt)vb
1. (tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
2. (tr; often passive) to situate or place: located on the edge of the city.
3. (intr) to become established or settled
loˈcatable adj
loˈcater n
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lo•cate
(ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt)v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t.
1. to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate a missing book.
2. to establish in a position, situation, or locality.
3. to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
4. to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land.
v.i. 5. to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
[1645–55, Amer.; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1]
lo•cat′a•ble, adj.
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locate
Past participle: located
Gerund: locating
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| Verb | 1. |  locate - 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"regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" unearth - bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President" |
| 2. | locate - 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" ascertain, determine, find out, find - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" acquire - locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar radiolocate - locate by means of radar; "The pilot managed to radiolocate the lost aircraft" map - locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes" localise, localize, place - identify the location or place of; "We localized the source of the infection" base - situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" | |
| 3. | locate - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" | |
| 4. | locate - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" colonise, colonize - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" resettle - settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle" |
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locate
verb
1. find, discover, detect, come across, track down, pinpoint, unearth, pin down, lay your hands on, run to earth or ground We've simply been unable to locate him.
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locate
[ləʊˈkeɪt] VT1. (= place) → situar, ubicar (esp LAm)
to be located at → estar situado en, estar ubicado en (esp LAm)
to be located at → estar situado en, estar ubicado en (esp LAm)
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local
(ˈləukəl) adjective belonging to a certain place or district. The local shops are very good; local problems.local, del barrio, de la zona
ˈlocally adverben la localidad, en el lugar, localmente
locality (ləˈkaləti) – plural loˈcalities – noun a district. Public transport is a problem in this locality.localidad
locate (ləˈkeit) , ((American) ˈloukeit) verb2. to find the place or position of. He located the street he was looking for on the map.localizar
loˈcation (-ˈkeiʃən) noun1. position or situation. lugar
2. the act of locating. ubicación
on location (of filming) in natural surroundings outside the studio. en exteriores
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localize
, locatev. localizar.
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