Locate and Search

Locate

Locate verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

Usage example: we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time

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Search and locate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a verb "Locate".

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Usage example: archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located

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Locate and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Locate" instead a verb "Search".

body	locate body	search body
location	locate location	search location
home	locate home	search home
headquarters	locate headquarters	search headquarters
Other words: ship, anyone, points, bodies, keys.

This posting is immediately indexed by a search engine and used by the antagonists to locate her.

Source: It's a Small Net After All
If a cluster of pumpkins—usually around four or five at best—spawns, you will have to search far and wide to locate them.

Source: Commonplace Rare
Midway through the movie, the scene shifts to a search and rescue party trying to locate the students from the night of the attack.

Source: Film / Eyes In The Dark

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