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Locate   /lˈoʊkˌeɪt/   Listen
Locate

verb
(past & past part. located; pres. part. locating)
1.
Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining.  Synonym: turn up.  "My search turned up nothing"
2.
Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey.  Synonym: situate.  "Locate the boundaries of the property"
3.
Assign a location to.  Synonyms: place, site.
4.
Take up residence and become established.  Synonym: settle.



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"Locate" Quotes from Famous Books



... scouts were now dispatched to lay out the route and locate camping places for several days in advance, and on the 7th of October, the march was resumed. Sixteen sick men had now lost use of their limbs. Each night they were rubbed with oil, and each morning ...
— The March of Portola • Zoeth S. Eldredge

... position for which application is made. Those desiring to enter the railway mail service must, among other things, give the boundaries of their own county, State and country; the location of all the States and Territories, locate all the counties along a specified mail route, locate offices on the route and exhibit a thorough understanding of the geography ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various

... twice to permit him to locate the far-famed peaks rising one by one to the south of them, and the third time she drew rein he was a-foot, and she said, "We're almost to the top of this grade; ...
— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland

... his brother. That was the pay he asked for saving my life. I gave the oath, and it was his whim that I should not reveal myself to you till the right time came. But when I saw the spy tracking you, saw him locate you, and saw him hasten to tell the bandits, I was forced to appear and ...
— Frank Merriwell Down South • Burt L. Standish

... to hide up the traces, lad. We may have to bolt away from here to-morrow morning for anything we know, and before we come back again someone else may come along, and though we shall locate our claims at the mining register, there would be a lot of trouble if anyone else had taken possession, and was working the vein when ...
— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty


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