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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lo•cate /ˈloʊkeɪt, loʊˈkeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v. - to identify or discover the location of;
find:[~ + object]to locate a missing book. - to establish (one's business or home) in a locality;
settle: [~ + object]They located their offices downtown.[no object]decided to locate in New Mexico. - to assign a particular location to, as by knowledge or opinion:[~ + object]Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.
lo•cat•a•ble, adj. lo•cat•er, lo•ca•tor, n. [countable]See -loc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lo•cate (lō′kāt, lō kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t. - to identify or discover the place or location of:to locate the bullet wound.
- 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.
v.i. - to establish one's business or residence in a place;
settle.
- Latin locātus, past participle of locāre to put in a given position, place; see locus, -ate1
- 1645–55, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: locate /ləʊˈkeɪt/ vb - (transitive) to discover the position, situation, or whereabouts of; find
- (tr; often passive) to situate or place: located on the edge of the city
- (intransitive) to become established or settled
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