locateverb
uk/ləʊˈkeɪt/us/loʊˈkeɪt/locate verb (BE SITUATED)
be located in, near, on, etc.
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- The pharmacy is located within the hospital.
- The school is located near the river.
- The houses will be located on the outskirts of town.
- The palace was located in the middle of a forest.
- The factory was located too close to a residential area.
B1 to be in a particular place:
Our office is located in midtown Manhattan.
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- shove
- situate
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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locate verb (FIND)
B2 [ T ] to find or discover the exact position of something:
Police are still trying to locate the suspect.
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- Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.
- Using their high-tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property within hours of it being seized.
- Sniffer dogs located the drugs.
- They were unable to locate the murder weapon.
- We are trying to locate a new supplier for our coffee.
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Finding and discovering
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight
- ascertain
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- flush
- get hold of idiom
- get wind of sth idiom
- happen
- happen on/upon sth/sb
- have a (good) nose for sth idiom
- root sth/sb out
- run sb/sth to ground idiom
- scent
- search
- search sth/sb out
- smell
- sniff sth out
- stumble
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locate verb (MOVE)
[ I + adv/prep ] US to move to a place to do business:
The company hopes to locate in its new offices by June.
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Success & failure in business
- administration
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- branch
- branch out
- collapse
- establish
- fold
- foreclose
- joint venture
- liquidate
- liquidator
- moribund
- official receiver
- organic growth
- prosper
- receivership
- shut (sth) down
- spin
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