locate

Verb
  1. Discover the location of;
    Determine the place of;
    Find by searching or examining (synset 202291049)
    "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"
    is a type of: find, regain - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
    subtypes:
    same as: turn up
    verb group: dig up, excavate, turn up - find by digging in the ground
  2. Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey (synset 202700775)
    "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
    is a type of: ascertain, determine, find, find out - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
    subtypes:
    • acquire - locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
    • radiolocate - locate by means of radar
    • map - locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences
    • localise, localize, place - identify the location or place of
    • base - situate as a center of operations
    same as: situate
  3. Assign a location to (synset 202338685)
    "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
    is a type of: place, post, send, station - assign to a station
    same as: place, site
  4. Take up residence and become established (synset 200414801)
    "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
    entail: move - change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
    subtypes:
    same as: settle

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