LOCATE


Meaning of LOCATE in English

— locatable , adj.

/loh"kayt, loh kayt"/ , v. , located, locating .

v.t.

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.

v.i.

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

[ 1645-55, Amer.; locatus, ptp. of locare to put in a given position, place; see LOCUS, -ATE 1 ]

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