English verb: locate | |||
1. | locate (possession) discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining | ||
Samples | Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?. My search turned up nothing. | ||
Synonyms | turn up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | find, regain | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | nail, pinpoint, unearth | ||
Verb group | dig up, excavate, turn up | ||
2. | locate (stative) determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | ||
Samples | Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space. Locate the boundaries of the property. | ||
Synonyms | situate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ascertain, determine, find, find out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acquire, base, localise, localize, map, place, radiolocate | ||
3. | locate (possession) assign a location to | ||
Samples | The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles. | ||
Synonyms | place, site | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | place, post, send, station | ||
4. | locate (change) take up residence and become established | ||
Samples | The immigrants settled in the Midwest. | ||
Synonyms | settle | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | colonise, colonize, resettle | ||
Entail | move | ||