locate

lo·cate

verb \ˈlō-ˌkāt, lō-ˈ\

lo·cat·edlo·cat·ing

Definition of LOCATE

intransitive verb

: to establish oneself or one's business : settle

transitive verb

1

: to determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of

2

: to set or establish in a particular spot : station

3

: to seek out and determine the location of

4

: to find or fix the place of especially in a sequence : classify

— lo·cat·able \-ˌkā-tə-bəl, -ˈkā-\ adjective

Examples of LOCATE

1. We tried to locate the border of the property.
2. Can you locate your town on the map?
3. The missing boy was located by police in the woods.
4. The mechanic is still trying to locate the source of the problem.
5. Reporters have been unable to locate the mayor for his comments.
6. The company chose to locate its factory near the airport.
7. The company located near the airport.
8. His parents located in Ohio.

Origin of LOCATE

Latin locatus, past participle of locare to place, from locus

First Known Use: 1652

Related to LOCATE

Synonyms

ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find out, get, hit (on or upon), hunt (down or up), learn, find, nose out, root (out), rout (out), rummage, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down), turn up

Antonyms

miss, overlook, pass over

Related Words

espy, sight, spot; look for, search (for or out), seek

Near Antonyms

lose, mislay, misplace, misset

Rhymes with LOCATE

abate, ablate, adnate, aerate, age-mate, agnate, airdate, airfreight, alate, arête, await, backdate, baldpate, bandmate, baseplate, bedmate, bedplate, berate, birthrate, bistate, bite plate, blank slate, blind date, blue plate, bookplate, breastplate, casemate, castrate, caudate, cell plate, cerate, cheapskate, checkmate, chelate, chordate, citrate, classmate, clavate, cognate, collate, comate, conflate, connate, Cook Strait, cordate, create, cremate, crenate, curate, cut-rate, deadweight, death rate, debate, deflate, delate, dentate, derate, dictate, dilate, disrate, donate, doorplate, downstate, drawplate, elate, end plate, equate, estate, faceplate, falcate, fellate, filtrate, first-rate, fishplate, fixate, flatmate, floodgate, fluxgate, flyweight, folate, formate, frustrate, gelate, gestate, ground state, gyrate, hamate, hastate, headgate, Hell Gate, helpmate, home plate, hot plate, housemate, hydrate, ice-skate, inflate, ingrate, inmate, innate, instate, irate, jailbait, Kuwait, lactate, lapse rate, legate, liftgate, ligate, lightweight, liquate, lobate, lunate, lustrate, lych-gate, lyrate, magnate, makebate, makeweight, mandate, messmate, migrate, misstate, mutate, nameplate, narrate, negate, Newgate, nitrate, notate, nutate, oblate, of late, orate, ornate, ovate, palmate, palpate, peltate, phonate, pinnate, placate, playdate, playmate, plicate, portrait, postdate, predate, prime rate, probate, prolate, pronate, prorate, prostate, prostrate, punctate, pupate, quadrate, rain date, ramate, rebate, red-bait, relate, restate, roommate, rostrate, rotate, saccate, schoolmate, seatmate, sedate, sensate, septate, serrate, shipmate, short weight, slave state, soleplate, soul mate, spectate, spicate, squamate, stagnate, stalemate, stellate, striate, sublate, substrate, sulcate, summate, tailgate, teammate, Tebet, tenth-rate, ternate, terneplate, testate, third-rate, tinplate, to date, toeplate, tollgate, tractate, translate, tristate, truncate, unweight, update, uprate, upstate, V-8, vacate, vallate, valvate, vibrate, virgate, vulgate, whitebait, workmate