locate

  • 21locate — locatable, adj. /loh kayt, loh kayt /, v., located, locating. v.t. 1. to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound. 2. to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our… …

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  • 22locate — verb a) 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) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public… …

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  • 23locate — lo|cate [ lou,keıt ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to find out the exact place where someone or something is: Engineers are still trying to locate the flaw. 2. ) transitive to establish something in a particular place: The company wants to locate the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24locate — verb 1 (T) to find the exact position of something: We couldn t locate the source of the radio signal. 2 be located in/by/near etc to be in a particular position: The business is located right in the center of town. 3 (intransitive always +… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25locate*/ — [ləʊˈkeɪt] verb [T] 1) to find out the exact place where someone or something is Engineers are still trying to locate the fault.[/ex] 2) to establish something in a particular place The company wants to locate the factory near the railway.[/ex] • …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26locate — lo•cate [[t]ˈloʊ keɪt, loʊˈkeɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing 1) to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate a missing book[/ex] 2) to establish in a position, situation, or locality 3) to assign or ascribe a particular location to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27locate — To find. To discover by survey. Guardian Trust Co. of Houston, Tex. v. Jefferson Lake Oil Co., C.C.A.La., 85 F.2d 465, 467. Also means to ascertain place in which something belongs. To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 28locate — To find. To discover by survey. Guardian Trust Co. of Houston, Tex. v. Jefferson Lake Oil Co., C.C.A.La., 85 F.2d 465, 467. Also means to ascertain place in which something belongs. To ascertain and fix the position of something, the place of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 29locate — See locate, settle …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 30LOCATE — • Library of Congress Automation Techniques Exchange ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) • locate ( lokalisiere ) (GNU) UNIX Kommando zum (im Gegensatz zu find datenbankbasiertem) Auffinden von Dateien und Pfaden http://www.desy.de/cgi bin/man… …

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