{
    "term": "locate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "locate",
            "heSheIt": "locates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "located",
        "pastParticiple": "located",
        "ingForm": "locating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to find the exact position of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "locate somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The mechanic located the fault immediately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I twisted my head to either side, attempting to immediately locate and identify the horrible stench."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We tried to locate the source of the sound."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took time to help me locate research materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some stars are quite easy to locate with a telescope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The machine can accurately locate radioactive material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We haven't yet been able to locate a suitable site."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accurately", "correctly", "precisely"],
                "verb + locate": ["be able to", "be unable to", "can"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to put or build something in a particular place",
            "sensetop": "locate something + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They located their headquarters in Swindon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Locating offices directly next to the labs is preferred by most researchers."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "site",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["centrally", "conveniently", "ideally"],
                "preposition": ["at", "between", "close to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to start a business in a particular place",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are tax breaks for businesses that locate in rural areas."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ləʊˈkeɪt/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/locate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ləʊˈkeɪts/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/locates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/located__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ləʊˈkeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/locating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊkeɪt/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/locate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊkeɪts/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/locates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊkeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/located__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈləʊkeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "lo/locate/locating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from Latin locat- ‘placed’, from the verb locare, from locus ‘place’. The original sense was as a legal term meaning ‘let out on hire’, later (late 16th cent.) ‘assign to a particular place’, then (particularly in North American usage) ‘establish in a place’. The sense ‘discover the exact position of’ dates from the late 19th cent."
}