Synonyms for locate
ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪtlo·cate

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1. locate

   Synonyms:
   place, establish, settle, fix, dispose, lodge

   Antonyms:
   displace, disestablish, dislodge, remove

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1. locate, turn upverb

   discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

   "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

   Synonyms:
   turn out, turn up, settle, prove, site, fold up, dig up, fold, surface, excavate, situate, come out, come on, show up, place

2. situate, locateverb

   determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

   "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

   Synonyms:
   turn up, settle, site, posit, situate, deposit, fix, place

3. locate, place, siteverb

   assign a location to

   "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

   Synonyms:
   put, aim, come out, order, range, set, pose, place, settle, grade, lay, invest, localize, send, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, turn up, come in, target, situate, post, point, commit, localise

4. settle, locateverb

   take up residence and become established

   "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, settle, place, go under, situate, take root, determine, site, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, turn up, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

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1. • Determine
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1. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   place, set, establish, fix

2. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   determine the place of, designate the site of

3. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   set off (as tracts of land), fix the boundaries of

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1. List of paraphrases for "locate":

   localize, find, locating, trace, iocate, localise, identify, situate, browse, search, pinpoint, finding, localization, track

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How to use locate in a sentence?

1. Police Superintendent Pauline Vicary:

   As a result of that information, we were able to locate the vehicle and then from there they have followed some of the other tracks and have located her.

2. Barbara Hall:

   LEONARD I've failed, Chris. I can't locate the white collective unconscious. CHRIS I wouldn't feel too bad about that. You know, western culture hasn't really carried the baton on folklore and mythology. The rise of Christianity put the kibosh on it--the gospel hits the number one best-seller list and everything else gets remaindered.

3. Aviv Bublil:

   Seconds later the ground just dropped, something that looked like a giant sinkhole, i saw two people ... two people were missing. One who we could not locate, and one could be seen among the rubbles from above. My first instinct was to try and get inside ... but there was no option to go inside. So they called the rescue services.

4. Steve Lindsay:

   It is useful in countries like South Africa, close to elimination, or Sri Lanka, that has eliminated malaria. How do you locate that one person in a million people carrying the parasite in a country that has recorded no infection without doing invasive tests ?

5. Cade Palmer:

   No criminal charges have been filed specifically regarding the Dylan Rounds case, this investigation is not complete and remains active. Law enforcement investigators are continuing to work to locate Dylan and find answers.