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1. (v.t.) locate
to identify or discover the place or location of:
to locate a missing book.
2. locate
to establish in a position, situation, or locality.
3. locate
to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion:
Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
4. locate
to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land.
5. (v.i.) locate
to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
Etymology: (1645–55, Amer.; < L locātus, ptp. of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus , -ate1)
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| Definition of 'locate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) locate, turn up
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"
2. (verb) situate, locate
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"
3. (verb) locate, place, site
assign a location to
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
4. (verb) settle, locate
take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
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1. (verb) locate
to find sb or sth's position or location
Police would like to locate the owner of the vehicle.
2. locate
to build or put sth in a particular place
decisions about where to locate the new hospital
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| Definition of 'locate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) locate
to place; to set in a particular spot or position
2. (verb) locate
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
3. (verb) locate
to place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle
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Sense: to set in a particular place or position
The kitchen is located in the basement.
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 Afrikaans: geplaas |
 Arabic: يَقَع |
 Bulgarian: разполагам |
 Brazilian: situar |
 Czech: umístit |
 German: unterbringen |
 Danish: anbringe |
 Greek: βρίσκομαι, είμαι τοποθετη |
 Spanish: situar, ubicar |
 Estonian: paigutama |
 Farsi: تعیین محل کردن |
 Finnish: sijoittaa |
 French: situer |
 Hebrew: לְמַקֵם |
 Hindi: पता लगाना |
 Croatian: smjestiti |
 Hungarian: elhelyez |
 Indonesian: menempatkan |
 Icelandic: staðsetja |
 Italian: trovare, situare |
 Japanese: 位置する |
 Korean: 놓다, 두다 |
 Lithuanian: įkurdinti, įrengti |
 Latvian: atrasties |
 Malay: meletakkan |
 Dutch: plaatsen |
 Norwegian: plassere, anbringe |
 Polish: umiejscowić |
 Persian: تعیین محل کردن |
 Pashto: ټاكل،معين كول |
 Portuguese: situar |
 Romanian: a se situa |
 Russian: размещать |
 Slovak: umiestniť |
 Slovenian: namestiti |
 Serbian: locirati |
 Swedish: placera, lägga |
 Thai: ก่อตั้ง |
 Turkish: yerleştirmek |
 Taiwanese: 設置於，座落於 |
 Ukrainian: розміщувати, розташовуват |
 Urdu: کسی مخصوص جگہ یا حالت میں |
 Vietnamese: đặt vào vị trí |
 Chinese: 把...设置在 |
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