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locatable

locatable

1 4.2
Easy to find in a place or on a device
  • adjective
  • /loʊˈkeɪtəbl/
translation icon : localizable
  • Her digital portfolio is well organized, making her work easily locatable by potential employers.

Examples

  • The Campus Addressing Project, which was first introduced to MSU's Steering Committee at its Aug. 30 meeting, is a university-wide project that will add locatable U.S. postal addresses to most campus buildings, said MSU police Lt. Penny Fischer.

    Blog text (20)
  • Does the GPS in my phone have a unique locatable identifier?

    Blog text (9)
  • That is, they like new books, often in-print books, with perfectly locatable publishers and authors.

    Blog text (25)
  • At least 60 such college studies are currently available, locatable through databases such as PsycLIT or Dissertation Abstracts International, most of which were available to researchers who conducted literature reviews in the 1990s.

    Academic text (1997)
  • With the new tracking system, every item in the warehouse is locatable within seconds.

  • The app offers a map feature that shows all locatable facilities in your area.

Synonyms

searchable
vslocatable
9 2.8

Someone can find it by searching a computer or database

is findable in places or systems even without computer searching
traceable
vslocatable
6 4.1

You can find it by following evidence left behind

is usually found directly rather than reconstructed from evidence
trackable
vslocatable
2 4.0

Easy to find and follow over time

is found or identified but not necessarily monitored over time
addressable
vslocatable
  • Specialized
1 6.8

Able to be reached using a specific memory or network location

is findable more generally, not only via a formal address
localizable
vslocatable
  • US
5.8

Can be found and shown in an exact place on something

is findable in places or systems but not always precisely pinpointed

How Locatable

locatable
1 4.2
findable
1 2.8
discoverable
3 2.9
unfindable
1 7.1

Surface Forms

locatable positive

Morphology

locatable = locate (transparent) = locate + able

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'locate' plus the productive suffix '-able' indicating 'able to be located'.

Etymology

Locatable comes from the root loc- meaning 'place', the same root you see in location and local. So locatable, with -able meaning 'can be', describes something that 'can be found' in a place, which is why we use it for objects or files you are able to locate.