Past tense of locate
regular verb
The past tense of locate is located. The past participle is also located.
Forms of locate
| Base form (V1) | locate /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | located /ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | located /ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | locating |
| Third person singular | locates |
Located in a sentence
- In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184
- The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.From the entry nitrogen
- The state capitol is located smack-dab in the middle of the state's capital.From the entry capitol
- The fire alarm is located high on the wall to prevent tampering.From the entry alarm
- The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field.From the entry coterie
Meaning of locate
- verb To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- verb To find out where something is located.
- verb To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.).
Questions about the past tense of locate
- What is the past tense of locate?
- The past tense of locate is located.
- What is the past participle of locate?
- The past participle of locate is located.
- Is locate a regular or irregular verb?
- Locate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: locate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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