geolocate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌd͡ʒi.oʊˈloʊ.keɪt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From geo- + locate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To use GPS or other data to provide map coordinates to a person, an object, or event.
We have geolocated the missing ship, so we can now send rescue personnel.
“This is completely contradictory to a mountain of evidence including eyewitness accounts, and dozens of verified videos, geolocated and chronolocated, that show security forces were the only forces bearing firearms, shooting into crowds, and relentlessly firing at unarmed protesters and bystanders,” says Ms. Bahreini.
2026 January 24, Scott Peterson, quoting Raha Bahreini, “After thousands died in crackdown, Iran is trying to change the narrative”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026:"We want a system that can identify the top tree species most important to Network Rail: ash, oak, sycamore and so on. You have to geolocate very precisely, using GPS and phone signals, all in a little yellow box on a train. It has to be repeatable and scalable."
2022 June 29, Paul Clifton, “Using AI technology to manage lineside vegetation”, in RAIL, number 960, page 33:He geolocated the video using a database of millions of images from around the globe, and it pointed to a street in Minab, Iran, several hundred feet from an elementary school.
2026 June 14, Eli Saslow, Erin Schaff, “The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| geolocated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| geolocated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| geolocating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| geolocates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
geolocation · geolocatable · geolocator
Translations (8)
gl xeolocalizar (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · fr géolocaliser (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · it geolocalizzare (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · de geolokalisieren (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · ca geolocalitzar (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · vi định vị (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · pt geolocalizar (to use GPS to provide map coordinates) · es geolocalizar (to use GPS to provide map coordinates)