Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click a synonym from the results below to see its synonyms.

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
allocate, anchor, assign, base, billet at, bivouac, burrow, camp, chance upon, collocate, colonize, come across, come to anchor, deploy, determine, discover, dispose, domesticate, drop anchor, emplace, ensconce, establish, establish residence, find, find out, fix, get, get a fix, hit, hit upon, hive, home in on, hunt down, inhabit, install, invent, keep house, live at, localize, moor, move, navigate, nest, park, people, perch, pin down, pinpoint, place, populate, position, put in place, rediscover, relocate, reside, roost, run down, run to earth, set up, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, sit down, site, situate, spot, squat, stand, stay at, strike, strike root, take residence at, take root, take up residence, trace, trace down, track down, triangulate, turn up, unearth, zero in on
Dictionary Results for locate:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Locate \Lo"cate\, v. i.
   To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle;
   as, to locate in Seattle. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy