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

1. transitive verb. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
2. transitive 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.
3. intransitive verb. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
4. verb. take up residence and become established

   "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

   Synonyms: settle

5. verb. 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"

6. verb. assign a location to

   "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

   Synonyms: place, site

7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: situate

Synonyms

settle, place, site, situate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in locate:

acetol, alecto, colate

Common word forms

located, locater, locates, locating

Words from these letters

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