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- pronunciation:
- lo
keIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
locates, locating, located |
| definition 1: |
to find the position or place of.
Can you locate the town on the map?- synonyms:
- find, spot
- similar words:
- detect, determine, discover, notice, stumble across, unearth
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| definition 2: |
to set in a certain place; situate.
They decided to locate their business in the city.- synonyms:
- base, set, situate, spot
- similar words:
- establish, house, place, position, post, quarter, settle, site
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| definition 3: |
to give a position or association to.
I would locate her among the later Impressionists.- synonyms:
- place, set, situate
- similar words:
- assign, classify, consign, order, pinpoint, post, relegate, station
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| related words: |
base, come across, domicile, find, home, install, orient, put, set, sight, spot |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to establish a residence or a place of business.
Their family located in Sweden after the war.They decided it would be more profitable to locate just outside the city.- synonyms:
- settle
- similar words:
- house, move in, quarter, reside
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adverb + (v.)locate
accurately, centrally, conveniently, strategically, wherever
(v.)locate
+ adverb
approximately, close, deep, downtown, halfway, midway, near, nearby, precisely
(v.)locate
+ noun
acre,
area,
basement,
campus,
constellation,
foot,
gene,
intersection,
jurisdiction,
kilometer,
light-year,
mall,
mile,
neighborhood,
northeast,
northwest,
object,
outskirts,
prey,
shore,
southeast,
southwest,
spot,
strip,
suburb,
target,
zone
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The word locate
contains the following parts:
loc
Latin
root
that means place
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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