locate
verb (used with object)
to identify or discover the place or location of.
locater
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a word derived from
locate.
Example Sentences
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Blake cut off his electronic locater bracelet, telling reporters he was broke in the colorful jargon once made him a valued guest on TV talk shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Lou Sanson, the director-general of the Department of Conservation, told Radio New Zealand that Morgan managed to activate a locater beacon after about 30 minutes and then managed to free herself after another 20 minutes.
From Fox News ● Oct. 30, 2018
A locater box tells viewers where an event or newsmaker is.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018
One company, Brickhouse Security, offers a GPS child locater for $200 that functions as a digital watch and can be locked into the child's wrist.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2011
She—SHE who would be the laughing-stock of them all—she had thought him a "locater," a "towny" from 'Frisco!
From Openings in the Old Trail by Bret Harte
