locate

[loh-keyt, loh-keyt] /ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt/
verb (used with object), located, locating.
1.
to identify or discover the place or location of:
to locate the bullet wound.
2.
to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle:
to locate our European office in Paris.
3.
to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion:
Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
4.
to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.
verb (used without object), located, locating.
5.
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
Origin
1645-55, Americanism; < Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1
Related forms
locatable, adjective
interlocate, verb (used with object), interlocated, interlocating.
prelocate, verb, prelocated, prelocating.
self-locating, adjective
unlocated, adjective
Examples from the web for locate
  • So my first job was helping people find the lots they couldn't locate and being in charge of the keys to the locked cabinets.
  • Scientists believe that whales vocalize to locate one another, to find mates, and to socialize.
  • locate your patio on level ground, out of wind and hot sun.
  • locate and cut the notches in the bottoms of them as you did for those in the first course.
  • If you aren't able to locate dry jack cheese, order from the maker.
  • The motion to strike out should also locate the word, provided it occurs more than once.
  • Before contacting us, check to see if you can locate your answer.
  • Using imaging sonar, divers can locate and then identify valuable logs.
  • The goal is to locate a monkey that isn't busy doing something else and isn't distracted by other monkeys.
  • My family is unable to locate any information on him.
British Dictionary definitions for locate

locate

/ləʊˈkeɪt/
verb
1.
(transitive) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
2.
(transitive; often passive) to situate or place: located on the edge of the city
3.
(intransitive) to become established or settled
Derived Forms
locatable, adjective
locater, noun
Word Origin and History for locate
v.

1650s, "to establish oneself in a place, settle," from Latin locatus, past participle of locare "to place, put, set, dispose, arrange," from locus "a place" (see locus). Sense of "mark the limits of a place" (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in American English; this developed to "establish (something) in a place" (1807) and "to find out the place of" (1882, American English). Related: Located; locating.