locate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
    turn up.
    • Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?
    • My search turned up nothing
  2. verb determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
    situate.
    • Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
    • Locate the boundaries of the property
  3. verb assign a location to
    place; site.
    • The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles
  4. verb take up residence and become established
    settle.
    • The immigrants settled in the Midwest

WordNet

Lo"cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Located ; present participle & verbal noun Locating
Definitions
  1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
    The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott.
  2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
    That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
Lo"cate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle. Colloq.

Webster 1913