locate
gb/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/ us/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 2400
Maana
maana 0
Kitenzi
A2
action
1
Find the exact position
To find where someone or something is.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to locate [someone/something]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'locate' with 'relocate'; 'locate' means to find, while 'relocate' means to move something to a new place.
Visawe
find (More general; does not always imply precision in determining position.)
|
detect (Often used for sensing or discovering something hidden or hard to notice.)
Vinyume
lose (Means to no longer know the position of something or someone.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
locate the source
|locate the problem
|locate the missing
|locate the address
|locate the signal
Mada
daily life
|navigation
|search
|core_vocabulary
|space
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I can locate my phone with this app.
- The police will locate the lost dog.
- We can locate the school on this map.
Kitenzi
B1
action
2
Put in a specific place
To put something in a certain place.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to locate [something] [somewhere]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may overuse 'put' instead of 'locate' in formal writing; 'locate' sounds more deliberate and planned.
Visawe
position (Emphasizes the arrangement or alignment of something.)
|
situate (Often used in formal contexts to describe placing in a location.)
Vinyume
displace (To move something from its correct or usual position.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
locate a building
|locate the office
|locate the machinery
Mada
construction
|planning
|core_vocabulary
|space
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- They will locate the school next to the park.
- We will locate the chairs in the hall.
- He located his desk near the window.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
locate
IPA
GB/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
US/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
Silabi na mkazo
loc - ate (silabi 2)
Stress on 1st syllable (loc)
Maumbo ya neno
Verb
- Base: locate
- 3rd Person Singular: locates
- Present Participle: locating
- Past: located
Familia ya neno
Semi
easy to locate
1/ˈizi tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Simple to find
Easy to find or see.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- Can you locate Paris on this map?
- She quickly located the hotel on her phone's map.