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Meaning of locate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {locate},
           {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}, {locate}]
      3: assign a location to; "The company located some of their
         agents in Los Angeles" [syn: {locate}, {place}, {site}]
      4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants
         settled in the Midwest" [syn: {settle}, {locate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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