locate
gb/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/ us/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
A2
İngilizce
~ 2400
Anlamlar
0 anlam
Fiil
A2
action
1
Find the exact position
To find where someone or something is.
Kullanım kalıbı:
to locate [someone/something]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes confuse 'locate' with 'relocate'; 'locate' means to find, while 'relocate' means to move something to a new place.
Eş anlamlılar
find (More general; does not always imply precision in determining position.)
|
detect (Often used for sensing or discovering something hidden or hard to notice.)
Zıt anlamlılar
lose (Means to no longer know the position of something or someone.)
Eşdizimler
locate the source
|locate the problem
|locate the missing
|locate the address
|locate the signal
Konular
daily life
|navigation
|search
|core_vocabulary
|space
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- I can locate my phone with this app.
- The police will locate the lost dog.
- We can locate the school on this map.
Fiil
B1
action
2
Put in a specific place
To put something in a certain place.
Kullanım kalıbı:
to locate [something] [somewhere]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may overuse 'put' instead of 'locate' in formal writing; 'locate' sounds more deliberate and planned.
Eş anlamlılar
position (Emphasizes the arrangement or alignment of something.)
|
situate (Often used in formal contexts to describe placing in a location.)
Zıt anlamlılar
displace (To move something from its correct or usual position.)
Eşdizimler
locate a building
|locate the office
|locate the machinery
Konular
construction
|planning
|core_vocabulary
|space
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- They will locate the school next to the park.
- We will locate the chairs in the hall.
- He located his desk near the window.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
locate
IPA
GB/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
US/lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
Heceler ve vurgu
loc - ate (2 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (loc)
Kelime biçimleri
Verb
- Base: locate
- 3rd Person Singular: locates
- Present Participle: locating
- Past: located
Kelime ailesi
İfadeler
easy to locate
1/ˈizi tə lˈoʊkˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Simple to find
Easy to find or see.
Örnekler
- 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.
Örnekler
- 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.
Örnekler
- Can you locate Paris on this map?
- She quickly located the hotel on her phone's map.