English Dictionary

locate

IPA（発音記号）

/ləʊˈkeɪt/

動詞

他動詞 口語 自動詞

(transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position. / (transitive) To find out where something is located.

日本語の意味

（自動詞ではなく他動詞として）あるものを所定の位置に配置する、位置決めする / （自動詞ではなく他動詞として）物の位置を特定する、見つけ出す

Please locate the projector on the front table before the presentation.

発表の前にプロジェクターを前方のテーブルに置いてください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.

意味（2）

(transitive) To find out where something is located.

In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.

意味（3）

(transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

The council must locate the new hospital

意味（4）

(intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

locates （ present singular third-person ）

locating （ participle present ）

located （ participle past ）

located （ past ）