selflocating
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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Selflocating
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. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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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