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Grammar : Verb
Spell : loh-keyt, loh-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt



Definition of locate

Origin :
  • 1650s, "to establish oneself in a place, settle," from Latin locatus, past participle of locare "to place, put, set, dispose, arrange," from locus "a place" (see locus). Sense of "mark the limits of a place" (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in American English; this developed to "establish (something) in a place" (1807) and "to find out the place of" (1882, American English). Related: Located; locating.
  • verb find
  • verb settle
Example sentences :
  • At a place which I cannot locate our German conductors were exchanged for French conductors.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He tensed, straining his ears for any movement that might locate the hidden foe.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • In the meantime our present work must be to endeavor to locate their cache.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Its use will help to locate the plant in hand in the genus to which it belongs.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • There was a change somewhere, and he was trying to locate it.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • If we locate your brother then we'll send him a ticket to Boston and some money.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Didn't expect to locate you, though, in this end of the ship.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "They'd locate the softness in t'other head of the two, Sam," he suggested.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He had to locate a patrol boat or a British ship of some other class.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • Unable to locate “partnery” nor “tucu-tucu”, but they have been left as in the original.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various

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