Locate
[loh-keyt, loh-keyt] /ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt/
verb (used with object), located, locating.
1.
to identify or discover the place or 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 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.
5.
to establish one’s business or residence in a place; settle.
/ləʊˈkeɪt/
verb
1.
(transitive) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
2.
(transitive; often passive) to situate or place: located on the edge of the city
3.
(intransitive) to become established or settled
v.
1650s, “to establish oneself in a place, settle,” from Latin locatus, past participle of locare “to place, put, set, dispose, arrange,” from locus “a place” (see locus). Sense of “mark the limits of a place” (especially a land grant) is attested from 1739 in American English; this developed to “establish (something) in a place” (1807) and “to find out the place of” (1882, American English). Related: Located; locating.
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