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.

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

Words nearby locate

locally compact space, locally euclidean space, locally finite set, locarno, locarno pact, locate, locatelli, location, locative, locator, locavore

Words related to locate

unearth, detect, pinpoint, spot, discover, station, strike, uncover, establish, reside, set, situate, park, stand, put, inhabit, read, position, place, determine

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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 place located on the edge of the city
(intr) to become established or settled

Derived forms of locate

locatable, adjective locater, noun