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   Lo·cate

   /ˈlōˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. discover the exact place or position of: "engineers were working to locate the fault" Similar finddiscoverpinpointdetecttrack downrun to earthunearthhit oncome acrossrevealbring to lightsniff outsmoke outsearch outferret outturn upuncovercome up withlay one's hands onpin downlight onstumble across/onchance oninformal:put one's finger on
   • ▪ situate in a particular place: "these popular apartments are centrally located" Similar situatesitepositionplacebaseputbuildestablishfoundfixstationinstalllodgesetsettleseat
   • ▪ place within a particular context: "they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation"
   • ▪ establish oneself or one's business in a specified place: "his marketing strategy has been to locate in small towns"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin locat- ‘placed’, from the verb locare, from locus ‘place’. The original sense was as a legal term meaning ‘let out on hire’, later (late 16th century) ‘assign to a particular place’, then (particularly in North American usage) ‘establish in a place’. The sense ‘discover the exact position of’ dates from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. locatable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   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.

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   Definitions of locate. verb. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining. “Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?” synonyms: turn up. dig up, excavate, turn up. find by digging in the ground. see more. verb. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey.

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