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locate

[ loh-keyt, loh-keyt ]

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verb (used with object)

located, locating.

to identify or discover the place or location of:
to locate the bullet wound.
to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle:
to locate our European office in Paris.
to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion:
Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.

verb (used without object)

located, locating.

to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.

locate

/ ləʊˈkeɪt /

verb

tr to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
tr; often passive to situate or place
located on the edge of the city
intr to become established or settled

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Derived Forms

loˈcatable, adjective
loˈcater, noun

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Other Words From

lo·cata·ble adjective
inter·locate verb (used with object) interlocated interlocating
pre·locate verb prelocated prelocating
self-locat·ing adjective
un·locat·ed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of locate¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1645–55; from Latin locātus “placed,” past participle of locāre “to put in a given position, place,” verb derivative of locus “a place”; locus

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