# locate

Pronunciation: US say "LOH-kayt" /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/; UK say "loh-KAYT" /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/

## Verb

1. To discover the exact place where something or someone is.
   - Simple: To find out where someone or something is.
   - _Investigators used phone records to locate the suspect's last known position._
   - _The app helps drivers locate available parking spaces nearby._
2. To put or set something in a particular spot or position.
   - Simple: To put something in a particular place or position.
   - _The architect chose to locate the entrance on the south side of the building._
   - _Planners located the reservoir in the valley behind the new dam._
3. To settle in a place and take up residence there. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To settle down and live in a place.
   - _Many newcomers locate near the coast, where seasonal jobs are plentiful._
   - _After retiring, they chose to locate in a quiet mountain town._
4. Of a building, town, business, object, or part of something: to occupy a particular place, usually in the passive (be located).
   - Simple: To be in a certain place, used about buildings, towns, businesses, things, or parts of things. We usually say "is located."
   - _The company's main office is located in downtown Chicago, two blocks from the train station._
   - _The town, located at the mouth of the river, grew rich on trade._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To designate the site of something or define its limits, a designation that may be purely descriptive rather than a formal prescription.

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin locātus, the past participle of locō ("to place"), from locus ("place"). It is related to French louer, and to the words local and lieu.

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