locate
English
/ləʊˈkeɪt/, /ˈloʊkeɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- (transitive) To find out where something is located.
- (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.)
- (intransitive) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locātus.
Origin
Latin
locātus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bilocate English
- co-locate English
- cotranslocate English
- delocate English
- dislocatable English
- dislocate English
- dislocatee English
- dislocator English
- echo English
- echolocate English
- echolocative English
- echolocator English
- electrolocate English
- geolocatable English
- geolocate English
- geolocator English
- hypertranslocate English
- immunolocate English
- locatable English
- locateable English
- locatee English
- locater English
- locateth English
- locator English
- mislocate English
- phonolocate English
- prelocate English
- relocatable English
- relocate English
- relocatee English
- relocator English
- retranslocate English
- retrotranslocate English
- translocatable English
- translocate English
- translocator English
- translocon English
- undislocate English
- unlocatable English
- locātus Latin
- echo
- locator
- locater
- locatee
- bilocate
- relocate
- locateth
- delocate
- geolocate
- relocatee
- relocator
- locatable
- prelocate
- co-locate
- dislocate
- mislocate
- geolocator
- echolocate
- locateable
- dislocator
- dislocatee
- translocon
- echolocator
- translocate
- unlocatable
- phonolocate
- undislocate
- relocatable
- dislocatable
- echolocative
- geolocatable
- immunolocate
- translocator
- cotranslocate
- electrolocate
- retranslocate
- translocatable
- retrotranslocate
- hypertranslocate