locate
gb/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/ us/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
A2
Αγγλικά
~ 2400
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
Ρήμα
A2
action
1
Find the exact position
To find where someone or something is.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to locate [someone/something]
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'locate' with 'relocate'; 'locate' means to find, while 'relocate' means to move something to a new place.
Συνώνυμα
find (More general; does not always imply precision in determining position.)
|
detect (Often used for sensing or discovering something hidden or hard to notice.)
Αντώνυμα
lose (Means to no longer know the position of something or someone.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
locate the source
|locate the problem
|locate the missing
|locate the address
|locate the signal
Θέματα
daily life
|navigation
|search
|core_vocabulary
|space
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I can locate my phone with this app.
- The police will locate the lost dog.
- We can locate the school on this map.
Ρήμα
B1
action
2
Put in a specific place
To put something in a certain place.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to locate [something] [somewhere]
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may overuse 'put' instead of 'locate' in formal writing; 'locate' sounds more deliberate and planned.
Συνώνυμα
position (Emphasizes the arrangement or alignment of something.)
|
situate (Often used in formal contexts to describe placing in a location.)
Αντώνυμα
displace (To move something from its correct or usual position.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
locate a building
|locate the office
|locate the machinery
Θέματα
construction
|planning
|core_vocabulary
|space
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- They will locate the school next to the park.
- We will locate the chairs in the hall.
- He located his desk near the window.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
locate
IPA
GB/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
US/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
loc - ate (2 συλλαβές)
Stress on 1st syllable (loc)
Τύποι λέξης
Verb
- Base: locate
- 3rd Person Singular: locates
- Present Participle: locating
- Past: located
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Εκφράσεις
easy to locate
1/ˈizi tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Simple to find
Easy to find or see.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- Can you locate Paris on this map?
- She quickly located the hotel on her phone's map.