Locate

/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
2. (transitive) To find out where something is located.
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.)
4. (intransitive, colloquial) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

Example Sentences

The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.

The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.

I really can't locate the sever files.

In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.

The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

The council must locate the new hospital.

to locate a mining claim

to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant

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Word Forms

• locates
• locating
• located

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