locate
verb
uk
/ləʊˈkeɪt/ us
/loʊˈkeɪt/locate verb (BE SITUATED)
be located in, near, on, etc.
B1
to be in a particular place:
Our office is located in midtown Manhattan.
locate verb (FIND)
- findI've looked everywhere for my keys but can't find them.
- discoverThe missing wallet was discovered under the chair.
- locatePolice are still trying to locate the suspect.
- uncoverReporters uncovered evidence of corruption.
- unearthOur investigation unearthed mountains of evidence that implicated the city.
- come acrossWe came across a lovely little restaurant in the village.
- Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.
- Using their high-tech wizardry, the police were able to locate the owners of the stolen property within hours of it being seized.
- Sniffer dogs located the drugs.
- They were unable to locate the murder weapon.
- We are trying to locate a new supplier for our coffee.
- a fishing expedition idiom
- alight on something phrasal verb
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) ground idiom
- breakthrough
- bring something to light idiom
- flush someone/something out phrasal verb
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- homing
- pinpoint
- plumb
- rake something out phrasal verb
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rediscovery
- refind
- sniff
- suss