locate

verb

Etymology: 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.

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.”

   “The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.”

2. To find out where something is located.

   “I really can't locate the sever files.”

   “In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.”

3. 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.”

   “to locate a mining claim”

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