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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How to use locate in a sentence
This is a 10-acre botanical garden located in Tilden Regional Park in the Berkeley Hills.
Berkeley: A City That Fights for the Rights of All | LGBTQ-Editor | November 20, 2020 | No Straight NewsSadly, 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.
Schools are not spreading covid-19. This new data explains why. | Emily Oster | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostTeton Backcountry Rentals, located over Teton Pass in Jackson, Wyoming, rents four-wheel-drive truck campers.
10 Ski Areas Where You Can Camp in the Parking Lot | Megan Michelson | November 20, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe Trehernes offer Susan 10,000 pounds to help them locate their daughter.
Agatha Christie fans, take note: Anthony Horowitz has a clever new twist on the classic whodunit | Michael Dirda | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostThere 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.
With coal dying, Arizona utility offers $169 million deal with Navajo | Scott K. Johnson | November 10, 2020 | Ars Technica
The detectives located and spoke to one person whom Brinsley had asked to help him upload something.
Searchers reported seeing a large shadow on the seabed, suggesting the crashed jet has been located.
The wreckage of the Airbus A320 has been located in relatively shallow water.
After much frantic buzzing about the lot, he's located and changes his plans at the last minute.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mission is to teach any person to use technology for independence and empowerment no matter where they are located.
3-D Printing Is Changing the Future of Prosthetics | Lucy Vernasco | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe special license had arrived; the young clergyman who was to perform the service was located at Hartledon.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodAlong in the afternoon Porter's force was located near Moore's Mill, about four miles distant.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnIt must have been incorporated under a special or general law of the State or district in which it is located.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsEach contains a single round or oval nucleus, often located eccentrically.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe embryo can be located by the commotion which its active motion produces among the corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
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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