locate

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləʊˈkeɪt/, /ləˈkeɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊkeɪt/, /loʊˈkeɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: lo‧cate

Verb

locate (third-person singular simple present locates, present participle locating, simple past and past participle located)

1. (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
2. (transitive) To find out where something is located.
3. (transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
   • 1862-1892, Herbert Spencer, System of Synthetic Philosophy

     That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.

4. (intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Alecto, acetol, coleta

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

locate

1. inflection of locare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

locate f pl

1. feminine plural of locato

Anagrams

• celato, colate, cotale

Latin

Participle

locāte

1. vocative masculine singular of locātus