locate

English

Etymology

From Latin locātus, past participle of locato (“to place”), from locus (“place”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ləʊˈkeɪt], [ləˈkeɪt]

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

locate (third-person singular simple present locates, present participle locating, simple past and past participle located)

1. (transitive) 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. — B. F. Westcott
2. (transitive) To find out where something is located.
   • 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184: 

     In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.

3. (transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
   • That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. — H. Spencer
4. (intransitive, colloquial) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.

Related terms

• local
• locus
• locality
• localization
• localize
• location
• locator

Translations

to place; to set in a particular spot or position

• Spanish: ubicar (es)

designate the site or place of

• Spanish: ubicar (es)

(intransitive) to place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle

• French: se poser
• Ido: lok-izar

• Spanish: asentar (es) (pronominal)

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• French: situer, placer
• Swedish: placera (sv) (1)

Anagrams

• coleta

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Italian

Verb

locate

1. second-person plural present indicative of locare
2. second-person plural imperative of locare
3. Feminine plural of locato

Anagrams

• celato
• colate
• cotale

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Latin

Participle

locāte

1. vocative masculine singular of locātus