Meaning of locate

lo•cate

Pronunciation: (lō'kāt, lō-kāt'), [key]

— 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.

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lo•cate