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locate
[ loh-keyt, loh-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
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
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Derived Forms
- loˈcatable, adjective
- loˈcater, noun
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Other Words From
- lo·cata·ble adjective
- inter·locate verb (used with object) interlocated interlocating
- pre·locate verb prelocated prelocating
- self-locat·ing adjective
- un·locat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
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.
Ever 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.
One city detective was trying to locate Cameron Smith, but that individual could not be traced.
In 1866 the Conservatoire outgrew its quarters in Rubinsteins house, and it became necessary to locate it in a larger building.
Where 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.
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