locate
verb (used with object)
to identify or discover the place or location of.
are locating
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present progressiveof locate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Research has shown that the premotor and posterior parietal cortices, along with the temporoparietal junction, are active in the brain when we are locating or thinking about ourselves.
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
"All these companies announcing they are locating now in the United States," Granholm told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2023
A: Facebook has been helpful to try to understand where people are locating.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
With aid from a $100 million federal loan, the city has created or widened 11 streets between Wilburton and the Spring District east of I-405 where REI’s headquarters, Facebook and other companies are locating.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
If you are locating beavers in your own zoo, and are wise, you can induce beavers to build their dam where you wish it to be.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by William Temple Hornaday
