locate

finden, orten

Etwas finden oder genau feststellen, wo es sich befindet.

In einfachem Englisch: To find something or discover exactly where it is.

• I cannot locate my keys.
• Police located the missing child near the station.
• Can you locate the source of the noise?

Synonyme: find, find out

Häufige Wendungen: locate something, locate someone, locate the source

platzieren, ansiedeln

Etwas an einen bestimmten Ort setzen oder dort ansiedeln.

In einfachem Englisch: To put something in a particular place.

• The hotel is located near the beach.
• They located the new offices outside the city.
• Where is the nearest bank located?

So benutzt man es: locate something in/near something (They located the factory near the port.); be located in/at something (The office is located in the city centre.)

Synonyme: place, situate, position

Häufige Wendungen: locate something in something, locate something near something, be located in something, locate something on something

den Standort festlegen, abgrenzen

Festlegen, wo etwas sein wird, oder die Grenzen seiner Fläche markieren.

In einfachem Englisch: To say where something will be or mark out the area it covers.

• The council must locate the new hospital.
• Surveyors located the boundary of the proposed park.
• The report locates the future bridge upstream from the village.

So benutzt man es: locate something on something (The surveyors located the planned reservoir on the map.)

Synonyme: site, define

Häufige Wendungen: locate a site, locate something on something, locate something near something