locate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To find the exact position of something.

   Rescuers used dogs to locate the missing hikers.

2. 2
   verb

   To put or build something in a particular place.

   The company located its new office in the city centre.

Borrowed from Latin locātus, perfect passive participle of locō (“to place”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from locus (“place”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French louer; see also local and lieu.

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