located

«located» in Mova's school dictionary: located in a place, it is there; that is where it is — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective/verb, past form of locate (locate, locates, located, locating)

meaning for a pupil

1) If something is located in a place, it is there; that is where it is. tree →

2) Located (past of locate) means found the exact position of something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, a town «is located on the coast» or «located in the north». In everyday life signs and websites say «the café is located on the first floor». In stories, searchers locate the lost dog. In maths and maps, a point is located using coordinates. Phrases: be located in, be located near, conveniently located, located at.

examples

• The school is located next to the park. tree →
• The toilets are located on the ground floor. tree →
• The rescue team located the lost hikers. tree →
• Paris is located on the river Seine. tree →
• The point is located at (3, 5) on the grid. tree →
• The shop is conveniently located near the station. tree →
• We finally located the remote under the sofa. tree →

note

«Be located» is a slightly formal way to say «is». Use «in» for areas, «at» for exact places, «on» for streets or floors. The noun is «location».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «located» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.