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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“The petition cites that the mechanical door release is hidden, unlabeled, and not intuitive to locate during an emergency,” the ODI said.
Tehran, located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains, experiences hot, dry summers, sometimes rainy autumns and winters that can be harsh and snowy.
From Barron's
The investigation follows a November petition alleging the door release is “hidden, unlabeled, and not intuitive to locate during an emergency.”
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The wreckage was located by Turkish security personnel in the Haymana district near Ankara.
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Sapporo’s real-estate business owns a portfolio of commercial, office, hotel and residential assets located primarily in Ebisu in Tokyo and Sapporo.
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