Dictionary definition · locate
verb
- discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining"Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"
- 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"
- assign a location to"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
- take up residence and become established"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).