locate
gb/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/ us/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
A2
الإنجليزية
~ 2400
المعاني
0 معنى
فعل
A2
action
1
Find the exact position
To find where someone or something is.
نمط الاستخدام:
to locate [someone/something]
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse 'locate' with 'relocate'; 'locate' means to find, while 'relocate' means to move something to a new place.
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.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
locate the source
|locate the problem
|locate the missing
|locate the address
|locate the signal
الموضوعات
daily life
|navigation
|search
|core_vocabulary
|space
أمثلة
- The police were able to locate the missing child within hours.
- I finally located my keys under the couch.
- We used GPS to locate the restaurant.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
- I can locate my phone with this app.
- The police will locate the lost dog.
- We can locate the school on this map.
فعل
B1
action
2
Put in a specific place
To put something in a certain place.
نمط الاستخدام:
to locate [something] [somewhere]
خطأ شائع:
Learners may overuse 'put' instead of 'locate' in formal writing; 'locate' sounds more deliberate and planned.
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.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
locate a building
|locate the office
|locate the machinery
الموضوعات
construction
|planning
|core_vocabulary
|space
أمثلة
- They decided to locate the new store downtown.
- The engineers will locate the control panel near the entrance.
- We located the tent away from the river.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
- They will locate the school next to the park.
- We will locate the chairs in the hall.
- He located his desk near the window.
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.