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locate

Dictionary definition · locate

verb

  1. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining"Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"
  2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey"Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"
  3. assign a location to"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
  4. take up residence and become established"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).