locate

見つける、突き止める

ものを見つけたり、その正確な場所を突き止めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： find, find out

よく使う表現： locate something, locate someone, locate the source

配置する、設置する

ものを特定の場所に置いたり、設置したりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： place, situate, position

よく使う表現： locate something in something, locate something near something, be located in something, locate something on something

位置を定める、範囲を定める

ものを置く場所を決めたり、それが占める範囲を定めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： locate something on something (The surveyors located the planned reservoir on the map.)

類義語： site, define

よく使う表現： locate a site, locate something on something, locate something near something