lo·cate /ˈloˌket, loˈ/
(vt.)查找…的地點;使…坐落于,位於(vi.)居住下來,定居
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Lo·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.]
1. 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. F. Westcott.
2. 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.
That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer.
Lo·cate, v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [Colloq.]
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locate
v 1: 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" [syn: turn
up]
2: 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" [syn: situate]
3: assign a location to; "The company located some of their
agents in Los Angeles" [syn: place, site]
4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants
settled in the Midwest" [syn: settle]