locate

localiser, trouver

Trouver quelque chose ou découvrir exactement où il se trouve.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : find, find out

Expressions courantes : locate something, locate someone, locate the source

implanter, situer

Placer ou installer quelque chose à un endroit précis.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : place, situate, position

Expressions courantes : locate something in something, locate something near something, be located in something, locate something on something

déterminer l’emplacement, délimiter

Décider où quelque chose sera situé ou délimiter la zone qu’il occupera.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : locate something on something (The surveyors located the planned reservoir on the map.)

Synonymes : site, define

Expressions courantes : locate a site, locate something on something, locate something near something