to locate

Examples

• All

• Thank you, Detective, for locating my fellow cancer patient.

  Saw X (2023)

• We must locate those missing men, and we must capture that fort if it is within the realm of possibility.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• Is it a dead end, or have you located the real subject?

  Stanford

• This book cannot be located in this building.

• We just want to locate your friends.

  Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

• Well, sir, it took me 17 years to locate that bird, but I did.

  The Maltese Falcon (1941)

• Could you locate him, please?

  Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

• We just need to locate those moments that have most shaped them.

  Film Courage

• We'd like to locate more of the mystery buildings.

• The team worked hard to locate the source of the strange noise in the building.

Synonyms

F

to find

vsto locate

∞ 1.0

To end up in a place or state often unexpectedly

is about discovering the exact position, not merely ending up somewhere

T

to track down

vsto locate

212 3.3

To search for someone or something until you find them

is the simple discovery of a place rather than a long search

T

to turn up

vsto locate

155 3.0

To find something while searching or by chance

focuses on precise position rather than accidental or general discovery

P

to pinpoint

vsto locate

123 4.0

To find the exact place or cause of something

is less about extreme exactness and more general position finding

L

to localize

vsto locate

• US

13 5.7

To find the exact place of something

is the general act of discovering the exact position rather than a technical term

How Precise

to pinpoint

123 4.0

to locate

533 2.7

find

94 5.8

to spot

576 2.1

to detect

763 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology