locate

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Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
locate

Third-person singular
locates

Past tense
located

Past participle
located

Present participle
locating

Locate is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (transitive) If you locate something you find it, you learn where it is.
    I need to locate the nearest gas station.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If you locate something somewhere, you put it there.
    The city plans to locate the subway stop right across the street.

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