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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
Sednoids are an exclusive group of small space rocks located on the outer edge of our Solar System and move around the Sun in weird orbits – including Ammonite, there are only four known sednoids!
They located the woman about 75 feet down a steep embankment.
Many have since been located and destroyed in the Black Sea, but others have drifted, notably due to storms, endangering shipping.
The researchers found a connection between store exposure and higher rates of harm, with the largest increases appearing in neighborhoods that had many stores located close together.
But the Financial Times reported an earlier version of the company's terms listed an office located in Apia, the capital of Samoa.
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