locate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to identify or discover the place or location of.
to locate the bullet wound.
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to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle.
to locate our European office in Paris.
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to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion.
Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
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to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
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(tr; often passive) to situate or place
located on the edge of the city
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(intr) to become established or settled
Other Word Forms
- interlocate verb (used with object)
- locatable adjective
- locater noun
- prelocate verb
- self-locating adjective
- unlocated adjective
Etymology
Origin of locate
An Americanism first recorded in 1645–55; from Latin locātus “placed,” past participle of locāre “to put in a given position, place,” verb derivative of locus “a place”; locus
Example Sentences
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“Thank you for all of the prayers and support in trying to locate him over the last several days,” they wrote Friday.
From Los Angeles Times
The first is that it’s located in Washington, a medium-size town with few wealthy patrons.
After days of searching, the Milton Police Department said a body, believed to be Smith, was located in a nearby pond.
From BBC
He had executed a will decades ago, but I was unable to locate it or the law firm that prepared it.
From MarketWatch
When there is no hard shoulder drivers who get into trouble are meant to aim for refuge areas located at regular points, but broken-down cars can sometimes be left stranded in a live lane.
From BBC
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