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locates
We have found lemma(root) word of locates : locate.
Definitions
[lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- discover the exact place or position of
(e.g: engineers were working to locate the fault)
Phrases:
Origin
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early 16th century: 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 century) ‘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 century
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