Locate definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

locate in American English · 1. to identify or discover the place or location of · 2. to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'locate'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× locate (loʊkeɪt ,USloʊkeɪt ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tenselocates ,presentparticiplelocating ,pasttense,pastparticiplelocated 1. verb Ifyoulocatesomethingorsomeone,youfindoutwheretheyare. [formal]Thescientistswanttolocatethepositionofthegeneonachromosome.[VERBnoun] We'vesimplybeenunabletolocatehim.[VERBnoun] Synonyms:find,discover,detect,comeacross MoreSynonymsoflocate 2. verb Ifyoulocatesomethinginaparticularplace,youputitthereorbuilditthere. [formal]Atlantawasvotedthebestcityinwhichtolocateabusinessbymorethan400chief executives.[VERBnounpreposition/adverb] TudorCourtrepresentsyouropportunitytolocateattheheartofthenewBirmingham.[VERBpreposition/adverb] Synonyms:place,put,set,position MoreSynonymsoflocate 3. verb Ifyoulocateinaparticularplace,youmovethereoropenabusinessthere. [mainlyUS,business]...taxbreaksforbusinessesthatlocateinrun-downneighborhoods.[VERB] COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof locate Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'locate' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'locate' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'reginal' HindiTranslationof'locate' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency locateinBritishEnglish (ləʊˈkeɪt ) verb1. (transitive) todiscovertheposition,situation,orwhereaboutsof;find 2. (tr;oftenpassive) tosituateorplace locatedontheedgeofthecity 3. (intransitive) tobecomeestablishedorsettled CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformslocatable(loˈcatable)adjective locater(loˈcater)noun WordFrequency locateinAmericanEnglish (ˈloʊˌkeɪt ;loʊˈkeɪt ) verbtransitiveWordforms:ˈloˌcatedorˈloˌcating1.  tomarkoffordesignatethesiteof(aminingclaim,etc.) 2.  toestablishinacertainplace officeslocateddowntown 3.  todiscoverthepositionofafterasearch tolocatealostobject 4.  toshowthepositionof tolocateGuamonamap 5.  toassigntoaparticularplace,function,occupation,etc. verbintransitive6. US,Informal tomakeone'shomeorheadquarters;settle tolocateinBoston Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformslocater(ˈloˌcater) nounorˈloˌcator Wordorigin