located

located — adjective

1. placed or found in a particular position, area, or environment

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Definition

placed or found in a particular position, area, or environment

Example

The new hospital is located north of town, past the old market square.

be located + on [side/direction] of [place]

Obi's restaurant is located inside a former factory that was renovated last year.

Common collocations
  • be located
  • conveniently located
  • centrally located
  • strategically located
  • ideally located
Synonyms
  • situated

    formal, used especially in writing to describe where something is

  • positioned

    emphasizes deliberate placement or arrangement

  • found

    more general, suggests the place where something naturally exists

Grammar Patterns

be located + in/on/at/near

Usage Note

Always used with the verb 'be' (is/are/was/were) before it and a preposition of place (in, on, at, near, between) after it. Common in descriptions of buildings, services, and natural features.

Common Mistakes

The hotel locates in the city center.
The hotel is located in the city center.
'located' as an adjective requires the verb 'be' before it.

located — verb

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: verb/2

These four verbs share the idea of learning where something is, but they differ in how much effort and precision is involved. 'Find' is the most general word — you can find your keys, a new restaurant, or the answer to a question, with or without searching. 'Locate' is more purposeful and formal, suggesting a deliberate effort to determine the exact position of something, especially using tools, maps, or systematic searching. 'Discover' adds the element of surprise or new knowledge — you discover something that was unknown or hidden before, like a new species or an ancient ruin. 'Pinpoint' emphasises extreme precision: you pinpoint the exact spot on a map or the precise source of a problem. In everyday speech, 'find' is the best choice for most situations. In formal writing or when discussing search-and-rescue, navigation, or technical troubleshooting, 'locate' sounds more appropriate. Example: 'Andrew found a nice café in the old town, but he needed a GPS to locate the exact street, and only after checking three doors did he pinpoint the entrance.'

locate ↗find ↗discover ↗pinpoint

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

Phrases

  • be located
  • is located
  • are located
  • locate the source
  • located in the heart of
  • located just minutes from

Prepositions

Etymology

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Comes from Latin 'locatus', the past participle of 'locare' meaning 'to place', which itself comes from 'locus', the Latin word for 'place'. The word entered English through French in the 1500s, originally with the meaning 'to place or set down'. The sense of 'finding a position' developed later, around the 1800s, as people needed a more specific word for determining exact locations on maps and in surveying.