Dictionary Entry
locate
locate is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To place; to set in a particular spot or position. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3intransitive verb
To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
- 4verb
take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
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- 5verb
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"
- 6verb
assign a location to
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
- 7verb
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"
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