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locate: Meaning and Definition of
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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.