locate

[ loh-keyt, loh-keyt ]

/ ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt /

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verb (used with object), lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing.

to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.

to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.

to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.

to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.

verb (used without object), lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing.

to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.

Words nearby locate

locally compact space, locally euclidean space, locally finite set, locarno, locarno pact, locate, locatelli, location, locative, locator, locavore

Origin of locate

1645–55, Americanism; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM locate

lo·cat·a·ble, adjectivein·ter·lo·cate, verb (used with object), in·ter·lo·cat·ed, in·ter·lo·cat·ing.pre·lo·cate, verb, pre·lo·cat·ed, pre·lo·cat·ing.self-lo·cat·ing, adjective

un·lo·cat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for locate

They recorded 10,549 graves on or near the railway in 144 cemeteries, failing to locate only 52 graves.
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Nolte could not locate a “Barry” that fit the details listed in Dunham's essay.
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He became determined to locate other victims who would testify to abuses that could put Lebovits behind bars.
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By June, the school finally responded, though only with notification of fees for staff to locate and photocopy the documents.
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Ever since, they have been run in circles as they try to locate Osman.
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They'd locate a shallow rill; then they'd build an airlock to protect them against chance meteorites.
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"The colonel will locate a couple for me," the captain answered with a grin.
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He was not quick enough to locate it, so he shouted once more.
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Unable to locate the bell-push in the dark, he had characteristically attacked the sole illuminated window.
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And nobody has ever managed to locate it again, since that day so many years ago; is that what you mean, Toby?
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British Dictionary definitions for locate

locate

/ (ləʊˈkeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find

(tr; often passive) to situate or placelocated on the edge of the city

(intr) to become established or settled

Derived forms of locate

locatable, adjectivelocater, noun

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locate

verb (used with object), lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing.

verb (used without object), lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing.

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