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locate, v.
(located, locates, locating)
freq. cnt. 36
more info discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 2

locate turn up

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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more info determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3

locate situate

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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more info take up residence and become established
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4

locate settle

sample sentences

"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
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entailment
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more info assign a location to
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

locate place site

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym