locate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/, /loʊˈkeɪt/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /lɵˈkeʈ/ Rhymes: -eɪt Hyphenation: lo‧cate === Verb === locate (third-person singular simple present locates, present participle locating, simple past and past participle located) (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.) Synonym: site 1862-1892, Herbert Spencer, System of Synthetic Philosophy That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. (intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle. (Can we add an example for this sense? (intransitive)) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Alecto, acetol, coleta == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== locate inflection of locare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== locate f pl feminine plural of locato === Anagrams === celato, colate, cotale == Latin == === Participle === locāte vocative masculine singular of locātus