locating
USLOH-kayt-ing/ˈloʊˌkeɪtɪŋ/UKloh-KAYT-ing/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪtɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of locate.
Engineers spent several weeks locating the source of the leak.
Locating reliable witnesses proved difficult for the defense.
Note
One spelling, two jobs: the -ing form drops the final e of locate and serves both as the progressive verb (they are locating the leak) and as the gerund (locating witnesses is slow). Most uses mean finding or placing something and take a direct object. Without an object, as in a family locating near the coast, it means settling somewhere, a colloquial use best kept out of formal writing.
locating is a form of locate
locate, verb: To discover the exact place where something or someone is. Full entry
- Spelling
- locate → locating: drop the e, add -ing
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