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locate

[ loh-keyt, loh-keyt ]

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.
  1. to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.

locate

/ əʊˈɪ /

verb

  1. tr to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
  2. tr; often passive to situate or place

    located on the edge of the city

  3. intr to become established or settled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲ, adjective
  • ˈٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·a· adjective
  • t·cٱ verb (used with object) interlocated interlocating
  • ·cٱ verb prelocated prelocating
  • -c·Բ adjective
  • ܲ·c· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of locate1

An Americanism first recorded in 1645–55; from Latin dzٳܲ “placed,” past participle of dz “to put in a given position, place,” verb derivative of locus “a place”; locus
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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.

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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.

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She is obsessed, it turns out, with wanting to locate his body, which has never been found.

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With a population of about 3,600 people, the Falkland Islands is an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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They note that over 62% of operating sites are located within or close to protected natural areas.

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