| VERB | possession | locate, turn up | discover the location of |
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| stative | locate, situate | determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | |
| possession | locate, place, site | assign a location to | |
| change | locate, settle | take up residence and become established |
| Sounds | low'key.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?" | |
| Synonym | turn up | |
| Narrower | pinpoint, nail | Locate exactly |
| unearth | Bring to light | |
| Broader | find, regain | come upon after searching |
| Similar to | excavate, dig up, turn up | Find by digging in the ground |
| Spanish | descubrir, desenterrar, localizar | |
| Catalan | descobrir, desenterrar, localitzar | |
| Nouns | location | a point or extent in space |
| location | a determination of the place where something is | |
| Meaning | Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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| Synonym | situate | |
| Narrower | acquire | locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar |
| base | Situate as a center of operations | |
| map | Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences | |
| place, localize, localise | identify the location or place of | |
| radiolocate | Locate by means of radar | |
| Broader | determine, find, find out, ascertain | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study |
| Spanish | emplazar, enclavar, localizar, situar, ubicar | |
| Catalan | enclavar, localitzar, situar, ubicar | |
| Nouns | location | a point or extent in space |
| location | a determination of the place where something is | |
| locator, locater | a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | |
| Meaning | Assign a location to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" | |
| Synonyms | place, site | |
| Broader | station, post, send, place | Assign to a station / station |
| Spanish | depositar, enclavar, ubicar | |
| Catalan | depositar, ubicar | |
| Nouns | location | a point or extent in space |
| location | the act of putting something in a certain place | |
| Meaning | take up residence and become established. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | settle | |
| Entails | move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment |
| Narrower | colonize, colonise | Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) |
| resettle | Settle in a new place | |
| Spanish | afincar, asentar, dirimir, poblar, trasladarse, traslladar-se | |
| Catalan | afincar, dirimir, poblar, traslladar-se | |
| Nouns | location | a point or extent in space |
| location | the act of putting something in a certain place | |
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