LOCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does locate mean? 

• LOCATE (verb)
  The verb LOCATE has 4 senses:

1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

3. assign a location to

4. take up residence and become established

  Familiarity information: LOCATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they locate    ... he / she / it locates   
Past simple: located   
Past participle: located   
-ing form: locating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

locate; turn up

Context example:

My search turned up nothing

Hypernyms (to "locate" is one way to...):

find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)

Verb group:

dig up; excavate; turn up (find by digging in the ground)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "locate"):

unearth (bring to light)

nail; pinpoint (locate exactly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

location (a point or extent in space)

location (a determination of the place where something is)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

locate; situate

Context example:

Locate the boundaries of the property

Hypernyms (to "locate" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "locate"):

acquire (locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar)

radiolocate (locate by means of radar)

map (locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences)

localise; localize; place (identify the location or place of)

base (situate as a center of operations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

locater (a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims)

location (a point or extent in space)

location (a determination of the place where something is)

locator (a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Assign a location to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

locate; place; site

Context example:

The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles

Hypernyms (to "locate" is one way to...):

place; post; send; station (assign to a station)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

location (a point or extent in space)

location (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take up residence and become established

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

locate; settle

Context example:

The immigrants settled in the Midwest

"Locate" entails doing...:

move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "locate"):

colonise; colonize (settle as colonists or establish a colony (in))

resettle (settle in a new place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

location (a point or extent in space)

location (the act of putting something in a certain place)

 Context examples 

Human ABCC2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 10q24 and is approximately 69 kb in length.

(ABCC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCB6 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 2q36 and is approximately 9 kb in length.

(ABCB6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCC3 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17q22 and is approximately 57 kb in length.

(ABCC3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCC4 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 13q32 and is approximately 282 kb in length.

(ABCC4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCF2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7q36 and is approximately 19 kb in length.

(ABCF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCC5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 3q27 and is approximately 98 kb in length.

(ABCC5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCB5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7p15.3 and is approximately 108 kb in length.

(ABCB5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCB1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7q21.1 and is approximately 210 kb in length.

(ABCB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human A2M wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 12p13.31 and is approximately 49 kb in length.

(A2M wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The monster black hole is located 15,000 light-years from Earth and has been named LB-1 by the researchers.

(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)