located
Use Located 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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Located
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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locate (ləʊˈkeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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
The diencephalon is located in the core of the brain.
The community is a private and a public place, located somewhere between the individual and big government.
Other instruments in the household and where located.
The chamber, along with the city's convention and tourism board, wants the casino to be located downtown.
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