locates

Locates is the third-person singular present tense of the verb locate. It means to determine or identify the position of something, or to place something in a particular location. The form is used when the subject of the sentence is he, she, or it.

Locates is widely used in fields that involve finding or placing things. In geography and surveying, professionals locate features, boundaries, and sites. In archaeology and historical research, investigators locate artifacts and ruins. In law enforcement or search and rescue, teams locate persons or objects of interest. In logistics and operations, goods are located to optimize routes and inventory.

Etymology: locate derives from Latin locus “place” via Old French localiser and Middle English, with the -ate suffix forming the verb.

In computing, locate is the name of a utility that searches a prebuilt database of file paths. The third-person singular locates may be used in descriptive texts: “The tool locates matches quickly.” The related noun location refers to a place or position; locator is a device or person that finds things.

See also: locate, location, locating (process).