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Locate

Locate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Locate? [v] take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" [v] discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" [v] assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [v] determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Can you locate China on the map?" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Locate: place \| settle \| site \| situate \| turn up Related Terms \| Find terms related to Locate: allocate \| anchor \| assign \| base \| billet at \| bivouac \| burrow \| camp \| chance upon \| collocate \| colonize \| come across \| come to anchor \| deploy \| determine \| discover \| dispose \| domesticate \| drop anchor \| emplace \| ensconce \| establish \| establish residence \| find \| find out \| fix \| get \| get a fix \| hit \| hit upon \| hive \| home in on \| hunt down \| inhabit \| install \| invent \| keep house \| live at \| localize \| moor \| move \| navigate \| nest \| park \| people \| perch \| pin down \| pinpoint \| place \| populate \| position \| put in place \| rediscover \| relocate \| reside \| roost \| run down \| run to earth \| set up \| set up housekeeping \| set up shop \| settle \| settle down \| sit down \| site \| situate \| spot \| squat \| stand \| stay at \| strike \| strike root \| take residence at \| take root \| take up residence \| trace \| trace down \| track down \| triangulate \| turn up \| unearth \| zero in on See Also \| ascertain \| base \| colonise \| colonize \| determine \| find \| find \| find out \| localise \| localize \| map \| move \| nail \| pinpoint \| place \| post \| radiolocate \| regain \| resettle \| send \| station \| unearth Locate In Webster's Dictionary \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Local}.] 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott. 2. 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. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer. \Lo"cate\, v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle. [Colloq.]

Locate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Locate?

[v] take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
[v] discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
[v] assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
[v] determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Can you locate China on the map?"

Locate In Webster's Dictionary

\Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus
place. See {Local}.]
1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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

2. 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.

         That part of the body in which the sense of touch is
         located.                              --H. Spencer.


\Lo"cate\, v. i.
To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
[Colloq.]

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