Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Locate"

A: Locate can mean

Where are you?
Ima locate where my phone is..

It just mean your trying find something

A: locate means “to find”
“i need to locate her house”

A: "Find" would be the most common. "Did you find what you were looking for?", "I can't find it!", "I need to find the nearest gas station."

"Locate" seems more technical. The word "location" is often used to indicate where something is, but "locate" as a verb isn't used as much.

A: "The woman is trying to locate her missing purse."

"Were the police able to locate the stolen car?"

"The business is located in a good neighborhood."

"That book is located in the back of the library."

A: "When he fell into the pool, he immediately reached for the rubber ring that was conveniently located right next to where he fell". "conveniently located" basically means "they're lucky it was there, they might have been in trouble without it". Sometimes we use it sarcastically when we know someone has DELIBERATELY put something somewhere so it would be useful to them later, but the person is pretending they were just lucky that it was there

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A: Locate means to find.

For example, "I can locate China on a map."

A: 1. "my phone is located IN my room" (INside of the room)
2. "my phone is located ON my desk" (ON the top of the desk)

Maps / world:
1. "Japan is located IN the Pacific" (withIN the ocean)

Typically, "in" is used. Only when something is physically ON something do you use "located on".

A: “Locate” means that you’re intentionally searching for something.

“I’ve located the enemy hideout”

“Spot” sounds like you noticed something, maybe accidentally.

“I spotted a strange bug on my way to school”

A: Yeah...ish.

A: Situated is simply a higher-register word than located . situated tends to sound more formal; located, more casual. located" is a much more commonly used word in everyday (American) English .

A: The word "at" by itself is used a lot more than "located at". And it works the same way.

For example: I'm at the coffee shop.

I'm at the coffee shop. = I'm located at the coffee shop.

But, "I'm at" is much more common than "I'm located at", even though they mean the same thing.

A: "Located" is mostly used for buildings and geographical locations (ie. countries, continents, and so on), and "placed" for everyday items.

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"The hospital is located in a poor part of the town"

"Canada is located in North America" (though, normally, native speakers will tend to omit "located" in most contexts)

"The woman's handbag was placed under the bed"

"My money is placed in a safe"

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A: "Locate" sounds more formal to me, but yes.

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