locate
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.
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
Origin of locate
1Other words from locate
- lo·cat·a·ble, adjective
- in·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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British Dictionary definitions for locate
/ (ləʊˈkeɪt) /
(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
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