Definition of "locate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

2. (transitive) To find out where something is located.

   • I really can't locate the sever files.

3. (transitive) 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
   • to locate a mining claim
   • to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant
   • 1862-1892, Herbert Spencer, System of Synthetic Philosophy That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.

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