'Locate' definitions:
Definition of 'locate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" [syn: locate, turn up]
verb
Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" [syn: situate, locate]
verb
Assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place, site]
verb
Take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" [syn: settle, locate]
Definition of 'Locate'
From: GCIDE
- Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located; p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.]
- 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. [1913 Webster]
- The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [PJC]
Definition of 'Locate'
From: GCIDE
- Locate \Lo"cate\, v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'locate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allocate,
- anchor,
- assign,
- base,
- billet at,
- bivouac,
- burrow,
- camp,
- chance upon,
- collocate,
- colonize,
- come across,
- come to anchor,
- deploy,
- determine,
- discover,
- dispose,
- domesticate,
- drop anchor,
- emplace,
- ensconce,
- establish,
- establish residence,
- find,
- find out,
- fix,
- get,
- get a fix,
- hit,
- hit upon,
- hive,
- home in on,
- hunt down,
- inhabit,
- install,
- invent,
- keep house,
- live at,
- localize,
- moor,
- move,
- navigate,
- nest,
- park,
- people,
- perch,
- pin down,
- pinpoint,
- place,
- populate,
- position,
- put in place,
- rediscover,
- relocate,
- reside,
- roost,
- run down,
- run to earth,
- set up,
- set up housekeeping,
- set up shop,
- settle,
- settle down,
- sit down,
- site,
- situate,
- spot,
- squat,
- stand,
- stay at,
- strike,
- strike root,
- take residence at,
- take root,
- take up residence,
- trace,
- trace down,
- track down,
- triangulate,
- turn up,
- unearth,
- zero in on