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. Einar Hansen Tomasson:

   I think this is a game of incentives. Many countries are giving incentives to companies who decide to locate in the area.

2. Barb Davenport:

   He was very focused and determined to locate his ball when thrown or hidden.

3. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez:

   Only way to get him was through a window and from what I know, his father tried to get to him but couldn’t find him, then his mother broke the windows with her arms and was able to locate him and barely made it out with her own life.

4. Counterterrorism John Miller:

   The individual involved in this incident is known to us and we are endeavoring to locate this person right now.

5. Albert Morales:

   When officers arrived on scene, they were met with gunfire, at this time, officers have the location surrounded in all directions as they attempt to locate the suspect.