LOCATE


Meaning of LOCATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ loʊkeɪt, AM loʊkeɪt ]

( locates, locating, located)

1.

If you locate something or someone, you find out where they are. ( FORMAL )

The scientists want to locate the position of the gene on a chromosome...

We’ve simply been unable to locate him.

= find

VERB : V n , V n

2.

If you locate something in a particular place, you put it there or build it there. ( FORMAL )

Atlanta was voted the best city in which to locate a business by more than 400 chief executives...

Tudor Court represents your opportunity to locate at the heart of the new Birmingham.

VERB : V n prep / adv , V prep / adv

3.

If you locate in a particular place, you move there or open a business there. ( mainly AM BUSINESS )

...tax breaks for businesses that locate in run-down neighborhoods.

VERB : V

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