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localization of function |
localization principle |
localize |
localized |
locally |
locate
| located
| locater
| locating
| location
| locative
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locate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb locate has 4 senses
- locate(v = verb.possession) turn up - discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" is one way to find, regain
- locate(v = verb.stative) situate - 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"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" is one way to ascertain, determine, find, find out
- locate(v = verb.possession) place, site - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" is one way to place, post, send, station
- locate(v = verb.change) settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" Derived forms noun location1, noun location2
Derived forms noun location1, noun location3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived forms noun locater1, noun location1, noun location3, noun locator1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun location1, noun location2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
locate, v. t. [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.].
- To place; to set in a particular spot or position. [1913 Webster]"The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located." [1913 Webster]
- To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [PJC]
locate, v. i.
To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
locate, v.
1 tr. discover the exact place or position of (locate the enemy's camp).
2 tr. establish in a place or in its proper place.
3 tr. state the locality of.
4 tr. (in passive) be situated.
5 intr. (often foll. by in) US take up residence or business (in a place).
1 tr. discover the exact place or position of (locate the enemy's camp).
2 tr. establish in a place or in its proper place.
3 tr. state the locality of.
4 tr. (in passive) be situated.
5 intr. (often foll. by in) US take up residence or business (in a place).
Derivative
locatable adj. locator n.
Etymology
L locare locat- f. locus place
THESAURUS
locate
allocate, anchor, assign, base, billet at, bivouac, burrow, camp, chance upon, collocate, colonize, come across, come to anchor, deploy, determine, discover, dispose, domesticate, drop anchor, emplace, ensconce, establish, establish residence, find, find out, fix, get, get a fix, hit, hit upon, hive, home in on, hunt down, inhabit, install, invent, keep house, live at, localize, moor, move, navigate, nest, park, people, perch, pin down, pinpoint, place, populate, position, put in place, rediscover, relocate, reside, roost, run down, run to earth, set up, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, sit down, site, situate, spot, squat, stand, stay at, strike, strike root, take residence at, take root, take up residence, trace, trace down, track down, triangulate, turn up, unearth, zero in onROGET THESAURUS
locate
Location
VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.
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