locate
[loh-keyt, loh-keyt]
- 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.
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- to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
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Origin of locate
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Examples from the Web for located
Contemporary Examples
Searchers reported seeing a large shadow on the seabed, suggesting the crashed jet has been located.
The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.
After much frantic buzzing about the lot, he's located and changes his plans at the last minute.
The mission is to teach any person to use technology for independence and empowerment no matter where they are located.
Then, German troops enlisted by the Brits (Hessians) began to attack at Battle Pass, located in Prospect Park.
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December 6, 2014
Historical Examples
Pee-wee wondered who Kelly was and where his barn was located.
Pee-wee HarrisPercy Keese Fitzhugh
Darewell was located on the Still river, not far from Lake Erie.
Frank Roscoe's SecretAllen Chapman
He felt along it, located the desk he sought for and scoured through it.
The Bluff of the HawkAnthony Gilmore
Frantically I scrambled in the dark till I located the batteries.
At dawn on August 17, 1914, the Serbians located the Austrians.
locate
- (tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
- (tr; often passive) to situate or placelocated on the edge of the city
- (intr) to become established or settled
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Word Origin and History for located
locate
v.
1650s, "to establish oneself in a place, settle," from Latin locatus, past participle of locare "to place, put, set, dispose, arrange," from locus "a place" (see locus). Sense of "mark the limits of a place" (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in American English; this developed to "establish (something) in a place" (1807) and "to find out the place of" (1882, American English). Related: Located; locating.
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