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Locate

//ˈloʊˌkeɪt// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To place; to set in a particular spot or position. transitive

    "The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter."

  2. 2
    take up residence and become established wordnet
  3. 3
    To find out where something is located. transitive

    "I really can't locate the sever files."

  4. 4
    discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining wordnet
  5. 5
    To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) transitive

    "The council must locate the new hospital."

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  1. 6
    assign a location to wordnet
  2. 7
    To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle. colloquial, intransitive
  3. 8
    determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu.

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