locate
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locate
- /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/ UK
- /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/ US
- /loʊˈkeɪt/ US
- /lɵˈkeʈ/ South Asia
Rhymes with -eɪt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu.
verb locates · locating · located
- To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.
- To find out where something is located. I really can't locate the sever files.
- To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) The council must locate the new hospital.
- To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
