locate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- find, come across, detect, discover, pin down, pinpoint, track down, unearth
- place, establish, fix, put, seat, set, settle, situate

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English Thesaurus: find, discover, locate, come across something, stumble on/across something, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

lo‧cate W3 AC /ləʊˈkeɪt $ ˈloʊkeɪt/ verb
[Word Family: noun: local, location, relocation, locale, locality, localization, dislocation, relocation; verb: locate, dislocate, relocate, localize; adjective: local, localized, dislocated; adverb: locally]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of locare 'to place', from locus; ⇒ locus]

1. [transitive] to find the exact position of something:
We couldn’t locate the source of the radio signal.

2. be located in/near etc something to be in a particular position or place Synonym : be situated:
The business is located right in the center of town.

3. [transitive] to put or build something in a particular place:
Large retail chains are usually only prepared to locate stores in areas of high population density.

4. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] American English to come to a place and start a business, company etc there
locate in/at etc
We are offering incentives for companies to locate in our city.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

locate
verb
I. find the position of sb/sth
ADV. accurately, precisely The machine can accurately locate radioactive material.
quickly | easily
VERB + LOCATE be able/unable to, can/could We haven't yet been able to locate a suitable site.
try to | fail to | be easy to Some stars are quite easy to locate with a telescope.
be difficult to 2 be located be in a place
ADV. centrally The hotel is centrally located between Dam Square and Central Station.
conveniently, ideally, strategically | physically Two people can meet in virtual reality even if physically located in different continents.
abroad
PREP. at, between, close to, in, on, near, outside, within, etc. Your accommodation is conveniently located within walking distance of the town centre.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

find to get or see something that you have been searching for:
Have you found your passport yet?
Police later found the car abandoned in a wood.
discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before:
A second bomb has been discovered in south London.
locate formal to find the exact position of something:
The airline are still trying to locate my luggage.
Online maps make it easy to locate almost any place in the world.
come across something to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it:
I came across some old letters from my father in my drawer.
stumble on/across something to find something unexpectedly, especially something very important:
They may have stumbled across some vital evidence.
Completely by chance we had stumbled on the biggest hit of the year.
trace to find someone or something that has disappeared, especially by a careful process of collecting information:
She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter.
track somebody/something down to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching in different places:
I’ve been trying to track down a book that’s out of print.
The police managed to track down the killer.
unearth to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time, by digging or searching for it:
In 1796, a carved stone was unearthed near the burial mound.

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