locate

present (v1)

locate

past (v2)

located

past participle (v3)

located

present participle

locating

3rd person singular

locates

1. 1.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.
   • 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.

2. 2.To find out where something is located.

   • I really can't locate the sever files.
   • The Bat, they called him the Bat.[…]. He[…]played a lone hand,[…]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate, women were their ruin, but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

3. 3.To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

   • The council must locate the new hospital.

4. 4.To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.(colloquial)

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