locate

lo·cate

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verb

To locate is defined as to find something.

An example of to locate is to find a missing pet.

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locate

transitive verb

-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing

to mark off or designate the site of (a mining claim, etc.)
to establish in a certain place: offices located downtown
to discover the position of after a search: to locate a lost object
to show the position of: to locate Guam on a map
to assign to a particular place, function, occupation, etc.

Origin of locate

from Classical Latin locatus, past participle of locare, to place from locus: see local

Informal to make one's home or headquarters; settle: to locate in Boston

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locate

verb

lo·cat·ed, lo·cat·ing, lo·cates

verb

transitive

To determine or specify the position or limits of: locate Albany on the map; managed to locate the site of the old artists' colony.
To find by searching, examining, or experimenting: locate the source of error.
To place at a certain location; station or situate: locate an agent in Rochester.

verb

intransitive

To become established; settle: new businesses that have located in town.

Origin of locate

Latin locāre locāt- to place from locus place

Related Forms:

lo′cat′a·ble
adjective

lo′cat′er
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present locates, present participle locating, simple past and past participle located)

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
To find out where something is located.
To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
(intransitive, colloquial) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.

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