LOCATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does locate mean?
• LOCATE (verb)
The verb LOCATE has 4 senses:
1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
3. assign a location to
4. take up residence and become established
Familiarity information: LOCATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LOCATE (verb)
Meaning:
Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
locate; turn up
Context examples:
Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest? / My search turned up nothing
Hypernyms (to "locate" is one way to...):
find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "locate"):
unearth (bring to light)
nail; pinpoint (locate exactly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
situate; locate
Context examples:
Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space / Locate the boundaries of the property
Hypernyms (to "locate" is one way to...):
ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "locate"):
acquire (locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar)
radiolocate (locate by means of radar)
map (locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences)
localise; localize; place (identify the location or place of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Assign a location to
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
site; locate; place
Context example:
The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
Hypernyms (to "locate" is one way to...):
base; place; post; send; station (assign to a station)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take up residence and become established
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
locate; settle
Context example:
The immigrants settled in the Midwest
"Locate" entails doing...:
move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "locate"):
colonise; colonize (settle as colonists or establish a colony (in))
resettle (settle in a new place)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
