locate

verb
UK: /ləʊˈkeɪt/
US: /ˈloʊkeɪt/

  1. To find the exact place or position of something.

    1. I can't locate my keys anywhere [ ] [ ]
    2. The police are trying to locate the missing child as quickly as possible [ ] [ ]

  2. To build or establish something in a specific place.

    1. They will locate the new store downtown [ ] [ ]
    2. The company decided to locate its headquarters in the city center. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

find discover detect place establish position
locate transitive-verb

  1. To identify or discover the place or location of something, especially something lost or hidden.

    1. Please locate your seat before the show [ ] [ ]
    2. Investigators worked hard to locate the source of the contamination issue. [ ] [ ]
locate intransitive-verb

  1. To establish oneself or something in a particular place.

    1. They plan to locate to California next year [ ] [ ]
    2. The business chose to locate near the transportation hub. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "locate" in English means: To find the exact place or position of something., To build or establish something in a specific place..

The phonetic transcription of "locate" is /ləʊˈkeɪt/ in British English and /ˈloʊkeɪt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "locate": find, discover, detect, place, establish, position.

Example usage of "locate": "I can't locate my keys anywhere". More examples on the page.