LOCATE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

locate

verb

ˈlō-ˌkāt

Definition of locate

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time

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Recent Examples of locate Vornado’s Manhattan’s retail assets are located on Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, Times Square, Penn District, Union Square and SoHo. — David Moin, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 The East Aurora High School campus and its stadium were centrally located on the East Side, and the field lights and sounds resonated on football game nights. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 It is located in a premiere 55+ community, Billingsgate Townhome in Simsbury. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Filming in water and in camera using practical effects provided additional challenges, with the design of the set varying depending on where inside the whale Jay was located. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for locate

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Yet the clubs from small markets with relatively low payrolls found ways to play the best baseball in each of their respective leagues this season en route to the World Series.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Other organizations linked to Page, including Flu Lab LLC, One Aero, and Oceankind, were also incorporated in Delaware that month, after previously being in California, Rogelberg’s analysis of state filings found.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of find

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They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
After a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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