Synonyms for locate
ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪtlo·cate

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1. locate

   Synonyms:
   place, establish, settle, fix, dispose, lodge

   Antonyms:
   displace, disestablish, dislodge, remove

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1. locate, turn upverb

   discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

   "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

   Synonyms:
   turn out, turn up, settle, prove, site, fold up, dig up, fold, surface, excavate, situate, come out, come on, show up, place

2. situate, locateverb

   determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

   "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"

   Synonyms:
   turn up, settle, site, posit, situate, deposit, fix, place

3. locate, place, siteverb

   assign a location to

   "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

   Synonyms:
   put, aim, come out, order, range, set, pose, place, settle, grade, lay, invest, localize, send, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, turn up, come in, target, situate, post, point, commit, localise

4. settle, locateverb

   take up residence and become established

   "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, settle, place, go under, situate, take root, determine, site, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, turn up, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

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1. • Determine
   • Station

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1. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   place, set, establish, fix

2. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   determine the place of, designate the site of

3. locateverb

   Synonyms:
   set off (as tracts of land), fix the boundaries of

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1. List of paraphrases for "locate":

   localize, find, locating, trace, iocate, localise, identify, situate, browse, search, pinpoint, finding, localization, track

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1. Subhankar Goldar:

   When this boy called us, he just quickly said we must rescue them. But the families hadn’t lodged a police complaint and we could not move on our own, thankfully, we could locate this woman’s family through a contact. (They) needed a lot of counseling before they filed a missing report with the police, because they were convinced that their daughter was happily married to this young, good-looking, rich guy.

2. Bill Panagopulos:

   There is no other written evidence of Hitler declaring Bill Panagopulos intention to remain( and die) in Berlin that anyone has been able to locate.

3. Johnny Flynn:

   If you have your renewable energy on the western seaboard, why not have the data storage where the renewable energy is and encourage tech clusters to locate along it ?

4. Mars Inc.:

   We are working with authorities, and if State Department spokesman Mark Toner have any information that will help locate Stephanie Shults and Justin, please message us directly.

5. Steve Lindsay:

   It is useful in countries like South Africa, close to elimination, or Sri Lanka, that has eliminated malaria. How do you locate that one person in a million people carrying the parasite in a country that has recorded no infection without doing invasive tests ?