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locate
[loh-keyt, loh-keyt]
verb (used with object)
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)
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
locate
/ ləʊˈkeɪt /
verb
(tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
(tr; often passive) to situate or place
located on the edge of the city
(intr) to become established or settled
Other Word Forms
- locatable adjective
- interlocate verb (used with object)
- prelocate verb
- self-locating adjective
- unlocated adjective
- locater noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
They said many students already struggle with debt to pay for classes, books, food and housing in the expensive neighborhoods — including Westwood and Santa Barbara — where most campuses are located.
The concern is that this is part of an ongoing operation by the Kremlin to locate and map all the vital undersea cables and pipelines that connect the UK to the rest of the world.
Prosecutors charge that Bal agreed to not post about Wedding and instead allegedly posted a photo of the witness in Colombia so that they could be located and killed.
It is a young Sun-like star located in the direction of the constellation Draco.
A 78-year-old man had been missing since the summer from his mountain community in California’s high Sierra when, earlier this month, authorities finally located some of his clothes and personal belongings.
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