locate

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/ UK /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5078

Meanings

1

verb
To find the exact position of something.

Rescuers used dogs to locate the missing hikers.
2

verb
To put or build something in a particular place.

The company located its new office in the city centre.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to find the exact position... turn up

2 verb · to put or build something... place situate

Word family

Forms locateslocating

Derived forms bilocateco-locatedelocatedislocate echolocateelectrolocateelectrolocatinggeolocateimmunolocateinterlocatelocatablelocateable

Related forms allocate allocation collocate couchdelocatelocal locality localization localize location locator locus

Etymology

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.

*stel- Proto-Indo-European

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# locate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 5078

## Meanings
1. To find the exact position of something.
2. To put or build something in a particular place.

## Examples
- Rescuers used dogs to locate the missing hikers.
- The company located its new office in the city centre.

## Derived Forms
- bilocate
- co-locate
- delocate
- dislocate
- echolocate
- electrolocate
- electrolocating
- geolocate
- immunolocate
- interlocate
- locatable
- locateable

## Related Forms
- allocate
- allocation
- collocate
- couch
- delocate
- local
- locality
- localization
- localize
- location
- locator
- locus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *stel-

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Locate was 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. In present-day English its meanings include to find the exact position of something and to put or build something in a particular place. Related and derived forms include allocate, allocation, collocate, and bilocate.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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