locate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
locate /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 discover the exact place or position of.
- 2 (be located) be situated in a particular place.
■ N. Amer. establish oneself or one's business in a specified place.
– derivatives
locatable adjective,
locator noun.
locatable adjective,
locator noun.
– origin C16 (orig. as a legal term meaning ‘let out on hire’): from L. locat-, locare ‘to place’.
'locate' also found in these Oxford entries:
alias
- bat-eared fox
- borehole
- Cartesian coordinates
- cholangiography
- cursor
- finder
- geocaching
- hunter-killer
- lock
- mammography
- marker
- pinpoint
- reconnaissance
- spherical coordinates
- spot
- thermal imaging
