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Meaning of 'locate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Locate [ v. i.]
- To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
2 . Locate [ v. t.]
- To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- 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.

Meaning of 'locate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . locate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
Example in sentence:
  • Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?;
  • My search turned up nothing
Meaning (2):
- determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
Example in sentence:
  • Locate the boundaries of the property;
  • Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
Meaning (3):
- assign a location to
Example in sentence:
  • The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
Meaning (4):
- take up residence and become established
Example in sentence:
  • The immigrants settled in the Midwest

Nearby Words:

loca local locale localism localitiees locality localization localize localized localizing

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