Definitions for LOCATEˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lo•cateˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt(v.)-cat•ed, -cat•ing.
(v.t.)to identify or discover the place or location of:
to locate a missing book.
to establish in a position, situation, or locality.
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.
(v.i.)to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
Origin of locate:
1645–55, Amer.; < L locātus, ptp. of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus , -ate1
lo•cat′a•ble(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
locate, turn up(verb)
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"
situate, locate(verb)
determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
"Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
locate, place, site(verb)
assign a location to
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
settle, locate(verb)
take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
locate(verb)ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt
to find sb or sth's position or location
Police would like to locate the owner of the vehicle.
locateˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt
to build or put sth in a particular place
decisions about where to locate the new hospital
Wiktionary
locate(Verb)
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
locate(Verb)
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 (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located - H. Spencer
locate(Verb)
To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle..
Origin: From locatus, past participle of locato, from locus
Webster Dictionary
Locate(verb)
to place; to set in a particular spot or position
Locate(verb)
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
Locate(verb)
to place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle
Translations for LOCATE
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- geplaasAfrikaans
- يَقَعArabic
- разполагамBulgarian
- situarPortuguese (BR)
- umístitCzech
- unterbringenGerman
- anbringeDanish
- βρίσκομαι, είμαι τοποθετημένοςGreek
- situar, ubicarSpanish
- paigutamaEstonian
- تعیین محل کردنFarsi
- sijoittaaFinnish
- situerFrench
- לְמַקֵםHebrew
- पता लगानाHindi
- smjestitiCroatian
- elhelyezHungarian
- menempatkanIndonesian
- staðsetjaIcelandic
- trovare, situareItalian
- 位置するJapanese
- 놓다, 두다Korean
- įkurdinti, įrengtiLithuanian
- atrastiesLatvian
- meletakkanMalay
- plaatsenDutch
- plassere, anbringeNorwegian
- umiejscowićPolish
- تعیین محل کردنPersian
- ټاكل،معين كولPashto
- situarPortuguese
- a se situaRomanian
- размещатьRussian
- umiestniťSlovak
- namestitiSlovenian
- lociratiSerbian
- placera, läggaSwedish
- ก่อตั้งThai
- yerleştirmekTurkish
- 設置於，座落於Chinese (Trad.)
- розміщувати, розташовуватиUkrainian
- کسی مخصوص جگہ یا حالت میں قائم کرناUrdu
- đặt vào vị tríVietnamese
- 把...设置在Chinese (Simp.)
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