Locate
Pronunciation
- IPA: ləʊˈkeɪt, ləˈkeɪt
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Origin
From Latin locÄtus, past participle of locato ("to place"), from locus ("place")
Full definition of locate
Verb
- (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.
- 2013-06-22, T time, The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
- (transitive) To find out where something is located.
- 2013, Kevin Heng, Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?, In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
- (transitive) 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 (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
- Herbert SpencerThat part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.