locate
gb/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/ us/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
A2
الإنجليزية
~ 2400
megtalál, meghatároz, elhelyez, helyet kap
فعل
A2
1
megtalál
A2
meghatároz
B2
نمط الاستخدام:
to locate [someone/something]
The police were able to locate the missing child within hours.
A rendőrség néhány órán belül megtalálta az eltűnt gyermeket.
I finally located my keys under the couch.
Végül megtaláltam a kulcsaimat a kanapé alatt.
We used GPS to locate the restaurant.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
I can locate my phone with this app.
Ezzel az alkalmazással meg tudom találni a telefonomat.
The police will locate the lost dog.
A rendőrség meg fogja találni az elveszett kutyát.
We can locate the school on this map.
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse 'locate' with 'relocate'; 'locate' means to find, while 'relocate' means to move something to a new place.
المعنى
Find the exact position
المتلازمات اللفظية
locate the source
|locate the problem
|locate the missing
|locate the address
|locate the signal
المرادفات
find (More general; does not always imply precision in determining position.)
|
detect (Often used for sensing or discovering something hidden or hard to notice.)
الأضداد
lose (Means to no longer know the position of something or someone.)
الموضوعات
daily life
|navigation
|search
|core_vocabulary
|space
التعريف
To find where someone or something is.
To discover or determine the exact place or position of someone or something.
فعل
B1
2
elhelyez
B1
helyet kap
B2
نمط الاستخدام:
to locate [something] [somewhere]
They decided to locate the new store downtown.
Úgy döntöttek, hogy az új üzlet a belvárosban kap helyet.
The engineers will locate the control panel near the entrance.
A mérnökök a bejárat közelében fogják elhelyezni a vezérlőpanelt.
We located the tent away from the river.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
They will locate the school next to the park.
Az iskola a park mellett kap majd helyet.
We will locate the chairs in the hall.
A székeket a teremben fogjuk elhelyezni.
He located his desk near the window.
خطأ شائع:
Learners may overuse 'put' instead of 'locate' in formal writing; 'locate' sounds more deliberate and planned.
المعنى
Put in a specific place
المتلازمات اللفظية
locate a building
|locate the office
|locate the machinery
المرادفات
position (Emphasizes the arrangement or alignment of something.)
|
situate (Often used in formal contexts to describe placing in a location.)
الأضداد
displace (To move something from its correct or usual position.)
الموضوعات
construction
|planning
|core_vocabulary
|space
التعريف
To put something in a certain place.
To situate or position something in a particular place.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
locate
IPA
GB/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
US/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
المقاطع والنبر
loc - ate (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (loc)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
- Base: locate
- 3rd Person Singular: locates
- Present Participle: locating
- Past: located
عائلة الكلمة
التعبيرات
easy to locate
1/ˈizi tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Simple to find
Easy to find or see.
أمثلة
- The museum is easy to locate from the main road.
- Her house is easy to locate because it's near the park.
hard to locate
1/hˈɑɹd tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Difficult to find
Not easy to find or see.
أمثلة
- Good coffee shops can be hard to locate in this area.
- The source of the leak was hard to locate.
locate on a map
1/lˈoʊkˌeɪt ˈɔn ə mˈæp/
fixed phrase
Find on a map
To see and mark where a place is on a map.
أمثلة
- Can you locate Paris on this map?
- She quickly located the hotel on her phone's map.