locate

[ loh-keyt, loh-keyt ]

/ ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt /

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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.

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Origin of locate

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

OTHER WORDS FROM locate

lo·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, adjective

un·lo·cat·ed, adjective

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How to use locate in a sentence

This is a 10-acre botanical garden located in Tilden Regional Park in the Berkeley Hills.
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Sadly, schools in areas with significant minority populations do have higher infection rates — but the same is true of the communities these schools are located in.
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Teton Backcountry Rentals, located over Teton Pass in Jackson, Wyoming, rents four-wheel-drive truck campers.
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The Trehernes offer Susan 10,000 pounds to help them locate their daughter.
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There are several coal plants located in or near the Navajo Nation, fed by associated coal mines, and staffed by Navajo and Hopi workers—a major source of jobs.
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The detectives located and spoke to one person whom Brinsley had asked to help him upload something.
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Searchers reported seeing a large shadow on the seabed, suggesting the crashed jet has been located.
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The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.
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After much frantic buzzing about the lot, he's located and changes his plans at the last minute.
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The mission is to teach any person to use technology for independence and empowerment no matter where they are located.
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The special license had arrived; the young clergyman who was to perform the service was located at Hartledon.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Along in the afternoon Porter's force was located near Moore's Mill, about four miles distant.
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It must have been incorporated under a special or general law of the State or district in which it is located.
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Each contains a single round or oval nucleus, often located eccentrically.
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The embryo can be located by the commotion which its active motion produces among the corpuscles.
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British Dictionary definitions for locate

locate

/ (ləʊˈkeɪt) /

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 forms of locate

locatable, adjectivelocater, noun

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