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English
Etymology
Compare ubication. Ultimately from ubi (“where”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ubicate (third-person singular simple present ubicates, present participle ubicating, simple past and past participle ubicated)
- (intransitive, rare) To take up residence (in a place); to lodge (somewhere).
1934, America, L, page 20/1: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.
- (transitive, rare) To locate; to find and specify the location of.
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:[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 […]
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
ubicate
- inflection of ubicare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
ubicate f pl
- feminine plural of ubicato
Spanish
Verb
ubicate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ubicar combined with te