"ubicate" meaning in English

See ubicate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈjuː.bɪk.eɪ̯t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ubicate.wav Forms: ubicates [present, singular, third-person], ubicating [participle, present], ubicated [participle, past], ubicated [past]
enPR: yo͞oʹ-bĭk-āt Rhymes: -uːbɪkeɪt Etymology: Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} ubicate (third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)
  1. (intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere). Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-ubicate-en-verb-Cyhqjx-X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 41 3 47 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 2 51 3 2
  2. (transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-ubicate-en-verb-kpGGd-Ra

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ubicates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubicating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubicated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubicated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ubicate (third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "u‧bic‧ate"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 3 47 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 2 51 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1934, America, L, page 20/1:",
          "text": "I am much intrigued as to whether that word Serendipity […] was found in some old dictionary or is a reaction to the Anchoret’s ubicating in a hen house at Auriesville.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ubicate-en-verb-Cyhqjx-X",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, LXIX, № 1, pages 100-102:",
          "text": "[The text] contains a great deal of information in a relatively few pages. The introduction begins by ubicating the Desano people and providing a very brief set of ethnographic comments. They live on the Vaupés river in Colombia […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:ubicate."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To locate; to find and specify the location of."
      ],
      "id": "en-ubicate-en-verb-kpGGd-Ra",
      "links": [
        [
          "locate",
          "locate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "yo͞oʹ-bĭk-āt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjuː.bɪk.eɪ̯t/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːbɪkeɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ubicate"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/uːbɪkeɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/uːbɪkeɪt/3 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ubicates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubicating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubicated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ubicated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ubicate (third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "u‧bic‧ate"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1934, America, L, page 20/1:",
          "text": "I am much intrigued as to whether that word Serendipity […] was found in some old dictionary or is a reaction to the Anchoret’s ubicating in a hen house at Auriesville.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Paul Proulx, “Review of Desano Grammar: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 6”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, LXIX, № 1, pages 100-102:",
          "text": "[The text] contains a great deal of information in a relatively few pages. The introduction begins by ubicating the Desano people and providing a very brief set of ethnographic comments. They live on the Vaupés river in Colombia […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:ubicate."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To locate; to find and specify the location of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "locate",
          "locate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "yo͞oʹ-bĭk-āt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjuː.bɪk.eɪ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ubicate.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːbɪkeɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ubicate"
}

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