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verb

1. discover the location of;
determine the place of;
find by searching or examining (Freq. 16)
- Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?
- My search turned up nothing
• Syn:
turn up
• Derivationally related forms:
location
• Hypernyms:
find, regain
• Hyponyms:
unearth, pinpoint, nail
• Verb Group:
excavate, dig up, turn up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey (Freq. 12)
- Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
- Locate the boundaries of the property
• Syn:
situate
• Derivationally related forms:
locater, location, locator, situation (for: situate)
• Hypernyms:
determine, find, find out, ascertain
• Hyponyms:
acquire, radiolocate, map, place, localize,
localise, base
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. assign a location to (Freq. 4)
- The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
• Syn:
place, site
• Derivationally related forms:
site (for: site), place (for: place), placement (for: place), location
• Hypernyms:
station, post, send, place
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. take up residence and become established (Freq. 4)
- The immigrants settled in the Midwest
• Syn:
settle
• Derivationally related forms:
location, settlement (for: settle), settler (for: settle)
• Hyponyms:
colonize, colonise, resettle
• Entailment:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP