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locate
[ loh-keyt, loh-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to identify or discover the place or location of:
to locate the bullet wound.
- to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle:
to locate our European office in Paris.
- 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; take possession of land.
verb (used without object)
- to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.
locate
/ əʊˈɪ /
verb
- tr to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
- tr; often passive to situate or place
located on the edge of the city
- intr to become established or settled
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, adjective
- ˈٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·a· adjective
- t·cٱ verb (used with object) interlocated interlocating
- ·cٱ verb prelocated prelocating
- -c·Բ adjective
- ܲ·c· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
They were not uncovered until a week after the incident because international agencies, including the UN, could not organise safe passage to the area or locate the spot.
The company said in its annual report that “substantially all” of its manufacturing is done by partners primarily located in mainland China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.
She is obsessed, it turns out, with wanting to locate his body, which has never been found.
With a population of about 3,600 people, the Falkland Islands is an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean.
They note that over 62% of operating sites are located within or close to protected natural areas.
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