locating
位置を特定する
解説 Definition
「locating」は、特定の人や物の場所・位置を見つけ出したり、突き止めたりする行為を表す動詞の現在分詞形です。地図上での位置確認や、行方不明のものを探し出すといった文脈で使われます。また、施設や建物をある場所に設置・配置することを意味することもあります。
Finding or determining the exact position of a person, object, or source, or placing something in a particular site. It is the present participle of locate and often emphasizes successfully identifying where something is.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形locateに-ingを付ける際、語末の無音eを落としてlocatingとなります。語根locは「場所」で、locate the source「原因箇所を突き止める」、locate a person「人を見つける」と覚えます。単なるlook forが「探す過程」なのに対し、locateは位置を特定する結果に焦点があります。
Locating is the -ing form of locate. Drop the final silent e before adding -ing: locate becomes locating. Connect loc- with place, as in local and location. Locating a missing hiker, a leak, or a GPS position means identifying exactly where it is. This is more result-focused than simply looking for something, which can describe an unsuccessful search. The verb can also mean choosing or establishing a site for something, although the examples here mainly concern discovery. Useful patterns include have difficulty locating, succeed in locating, and locate something on a map.
例文
The rescue team had difficulty locating the missing hikers in the mountains.
救助隊は山中で行方不明のハイカーたちの位置を特定するのに苦労した。
Locating the source of the water leak took the plumber several hours.
水漏れの原因箇所を特定するのに、配管工は数時間かかった。
The GPS app is locating your current position on the map.
GPSアプリが地図上のあなたの現在地を特定しています。
locating の類義語・関連語
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locating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語locare(置く)から派生し、locus(場所)が語根。接頭辞lo-(場所)に動詞化接尾辞-ateが付き「場所を定める」意。関連語はlocal(地元の)、location(位置)。場所を突き止めるという原義がそのまま残っている。
Locating comes from locate, with the final silent e removed before the suffix -ing is added. Locate is based on Latin locatus, the past participle of locare, “to place,” which in turn derives from locus, “place.” English first used the verb for placing or establishing something at a site; the common sense “discover the position of” developed naturally from the same idea of assigning or identifying a place.
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