Locate

Quick meaning: Locate is a verb meaning (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

Meaning

(transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To find out where something is located.
2. (intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.
3. (transitive) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

Example Sentences

to locate a mining claim

I really can't locate the sever files.

The council must locate the new hospital.

to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant

Word Forms

• locates
• locating
• located

Synonyms for locate

Depending on context, synonyms include site, settle, situate, turn up, relocate, place.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include situate, turn up, settle, relocate, place, site.

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