locate

Meaning

Verb

  • To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
  • To find out where something is located.
  • To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)
  • To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin locātus, past participle of loco, from locus

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