locate

[loh-keyt, loh-keyt]

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verb (used with object), lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing.

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), lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing.

to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.

Origin of locate

1645–55, Americanism; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate¹

Related formslo·cat·a·ble, adjectivein·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, adjectiveun·lo·cat·ed, adjective

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Related Words for located

placed, based, occupying, stationed, posted

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Contemporary Examples of located

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Then, German troops enlisted by the Brits (Hessians) began to attack at Battle Pass, located in Prospect Park.
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Historical Examples of located

Pee-wee wondered who Kelly was and where his barn was located.
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Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Darewell was located on the Still river, not far from Lake Erie.
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He felt along it, located the desk he sought for and scoured through it.
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Anthony Gilmore
Frantically I scrambled in the dark till I located the batteries.
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At dawn on August 17, 1914, the Serbians located the Austrians.
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British Dictionary definitions for located

locate

verb

(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

Derived Formslocatable, adjectivelocater, noun

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Word Origin and History for located

locate

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.