locate
verb (used with object)
to identify or discover the place or location of.
have located
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present perfectof locate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Scientists cannot determine exact behavior from anatomy alone, but these findings provide new clues about how the dodo may have located food and interacted with its island habitat.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Fidelity may not yet have located closer relatives like parents or siblings, and you may simply have been the first verifiable lead.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
She’s in the third year of a 10-year lease for her business, she said, and if public parking had not been available for her members, she probably would not have located her business there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
“We believe — we are very confident — that we have located Luke and Jesse,” she said at a news conference on Tuesday.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
