locate
Use Locate in a sentence
keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
2.
to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
3.
to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
4.
to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.
verb (used without object)
5.
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
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Origin:
1645–55, Americanism; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1
1645–55, Americanism; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1
Related forms
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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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find |
| 2. | (tr; often passive) to situate or place: located on the edge of the city |
| 3. | (intr) to become established or settled |
| lo'catable | |
| —adj | |
| lo'cater | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
locate
1650s, "to establish oneself in a place, settle," from L. locatus, pp. of locare "to place," from locus "a place" (see locus). Sense of "mark the limits of a place" (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in Amer.Eng.; this developed to "establish (something) in a
place" (1807) and "to find out the place of" (1882, Amer.Eng.).
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Example sentences
Scientists believe that whales vocalize to locate one another, to find mates, and to socialize.
So my first job was helping people find the lots they couldn't locate and being in charge of the keys to the locked cabinets.
Using imaging sonar, divers can locate and then identify valuable logs.
To locate the small animal, researchers got help from locals, some of whom even had skulls of the deer as trophies.
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