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Thesaurus: locate

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

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  1. v. t. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
  2. v. t. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
  3. v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
  4. v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
  5. v. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
  6. v. assign a location to
  7. v. take up residence and become established
  8. 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. B. F. Westcott. 2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle. [Colloq.]
  9. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.[Colloq.]
  10. v:100 v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining v. assign a location to