locate
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.
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
Origin of locate
1Other words from locate
- lo·cat·a·ble, adjective
- in·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
Words Nearby locate
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How to use locate in a sentence
The house is located in Riverhead, New York, an area on the north-east end of Long Island.
A 3D Printed House Just Went up on Zillow—for Half the Price of Its Neighbors | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | February 11, 2021 | Singularity HubThere may be problems located all over the site, while the reporting might only show a handful of those areas.
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They recorded 10,549 graves on or near the railway in 144 cemeteries, failing to locate only 52 graves.
Nolte could not locate a “Barry” that fit the details listed in Dunham's essay.
He became determined to locate other victims who would testify to abuses that could put Lebovits behind bars.
By June, the school finally responded, though only with notification of fees for staff to locate and photocopy the documents.
Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases? | Emily Shire | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEver since, they have been run in circles as they try to locate Osman.
Harry's orders were to locate Poindexter, but keep in touch with the column as much as possible.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnOne city detective was trying to locate Cameron Smith, but that individual could not be traced.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall | Arthur M. WinfieldIn 1866 the Conservatoire outgrew its quarters in Rubinsteins house, and it became necessary to locate it in a larger building.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyWhere evidence warrants it corpses are subjected to microscopic and meticulous search to locate a hypodermic puncture.
But I will make another effort to locate the owner of this parasol, if only to learn my business by failure.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine Green
British Dictionary definitions for locate
/ (ləʊˈkeɪt) /
(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
Derived forms of locate
- locatable, adjective
- locater, noun
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