locate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

place

find

🔍

position

situate

put

set

settle

site

lay

seat

💺

identify

find out

install

lodge

spot

rank

plant

🌱

pose

detect

localise

diagnoze

localize

put down

reside

make sure

discover

set up

invest

station

🚉

search

lay down

trace

turn up

uncover

pinpoint

lay out

move in

obtain

organize

pick up

placement

posit

post

provoke

put up

raise up

route

seed

seek

🔍

settlement

Translations

situer

placer

localiser

trouver

🔍

localizzare

poser

localizar

situare

localizar

🔍

ubicar

ubicare

situar

collocare

mettere

leggen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ləʊˈkeɪt/

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.