4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Located}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locating}.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Local}.] 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. [1913 Webster] The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F. Westcott. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] 3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: located \located\ adj. 1. situated in a particular spot or position; as, valuable centrally located urban land. Syn: placed, set, situated. [WordNet 1.5] 2. situated: often used in combination; as, a well-located business. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: located adj : situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: {placed}, {set}, {situated}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "located": assigned, deployed, embosomed, emplaced, ensconced, established, fixed, installed, placed, planted, positioned, posted, seated, set, settled, situate, situated, spotted, stationed
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