locate (redirected from locates)

lo·cate  (lkt, l-kt)

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.

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[Latin locre, loct-, to place, from locus, place.]

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locata·ble adj.

locater 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

locatable  adj

locater  n

Thesaurus

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" turn up dig up, excavate, turn up - find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden" 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" pinpoint, nail - locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
	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" situate 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" site, place station, post, send, place - assign to a station
	4.	locate - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" settle 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.

2. place, put, set, position, seat, site, establish, settle, fix, situate It was voted the best city to locate a business.

Translations

locate [ləʊˈkeɪt] VT

1. (= place) → situar, ubicar(esp LAm)
to be located at → estar situado en, estar ubicado en(esp LAm)

2. (= find) → localizar
we located it eventually → por fin lo encontramos

locate [ləʊˈkeɪt]

vt

(= find) → localiser

(= situate) → positionner

vi [business, company] to locate in an area → s'installer dans une région
to locate in a city → s'installer dans une ville

locate

vt

(= position) → legen; headquarters → einrichten; (including act of building) → bauen, errichten; sportsground, playground → anlegen; road → bauen, anlegen; to be located at or in → sich befinden in (+dat); the hotel is centrally located → das Hotel liegt zentral; where shall we locate the new branch? → wohin sollen wir die neue Zweigstelle legen?

(= find) → ausfindig machen; submarine, plane → orten

locate [ləʊˈkeɪt] vt (situate) → situare, collocare; (find) → trovare; (cause) → individuare, trovare
where can he be located? → dove lo si può rintracciare?

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locate [ləʊˈkeɪt] vt (situate) → situare, collocare; (find) → trovare; (cause) → individuare, trovare
where can he be located? → dove lo si può rintracciare?