locate

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 9.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
2. verb To find out where something is located.

   I really can't locate the sever files.

3. verb 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.

4. verb To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle.

   (Can we add an example for this sense? (intransitive))

Similar words

situate turn up settle relocate place site placement placing localize placer

Often followed by

the a and in it them their an any

Word family

locatable located locates locating location locations