Located Locate Headquarters Rural Conveniently Verb Bre Ləʊˈkeɪt

• the mechanic located the fault immediately.
• rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors.
• they located their headquarters in swindon.
• there are tax breaks for businesses that locate in rural areas.

locate

1. to find the exact position of somebody/something
• The mechanic located the fault immediately.
• Rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors.
2. to put or build something in a particular place
• synonym site
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• They located their headquarters in Swindon.
3. to start a business in a particular place
• There are tax breaks for businesses that locate in rural areas.

Extra Examples

• Courtrooms are typically located in the interior of the building.
• She took time to help me locate research materials.
• Some stars are quite easy to locate with a telescope.
• The Web connects members regardless of where they are located geographically.
• The company has increased the share of jobs located overseas.
• The hotel is centrally located between Dam Square and Central Station.
• The hotel is conveniently located within walking distance of the beach.
• The machine can accurately locate radioactive material.
• Tribal lands are primarily located in remote rural regions.
• Two people can meet in virtual reality even if physically located in different continents.
• We haven’t yet been able to locate a suitable site.
• Your accommodation is conveniently located within walking distance of the town centre.
• Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.
• The offices are conveniently located just a few minutes from the main station.
• They located their headquarters in Paris.
• We tried to locate the source of the sound.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they locate
• he / she / it locates
• past simple located
• past participle located
• -ing form locating

Word Origin

• early 16th cent.: from Latin locat- ‘placed’, from the verb locare, from locus ‘place’. The original sense was as a legal term meaning ‘let out on hire’, later (late 16th cent.) ‘assign to a particular place’, then (particularly in North American usage) ‘establish in a place’. The sense ‘discover the exact position of’ dates from the late 19th cent.