locate
Definitions
To find the exact place where someone or something is.
找到……的位置；定位。
To put or build something in a particular place (often passive: be located).
把……设在某处；坐落于（常用被动 be located）。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedloc (place) + -ate (verb-forming) = 'to place / to find a place.' The verb runs both directions: actively finding where a thing is (locate the leak), or passively stating where a thing sits (the office is located downtown).
Root loc still carries 37 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.locate the source找到来源
- 2.easy to locate易于定位
- 3.located in位于
- 4.locate precisely精确定位
Example Sentences
- 1.
Rescuers used drones to locate the missing hikers.
- 2.
The new factory is located just outside the city.
- 3.
I can't locate the file you sent me yesterday.
Easily Confused
locate vs find — find is the everyday word for discovering anything (I found my keys); locate is more deliberate and technical, often using tools or a system (locate a fault, locate a target). You 'find' a good restaurant by chance, but 'locate' a building by address.