1.  locate(v = verb.possession) turn up - 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"
is one way to find, regain
Derived forms noun location₁, noun location₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP

2.  locate(v = verb.stative) situate - 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"
is one way to ascertain, determine, find, find out
Derived forms noun locater₁, noun location₁, noun location₃, noun locator₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  locate(v = verb.possession) place, site - assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
is one way to place, post, send, station
Derived forms noun location₁, noun location₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

4.  locate(v = verb.change) settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Derived forms noun location₁, noun location₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

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." [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." [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]

   To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [1913 Webster]

locate, v.
1 tr. discover the exact place or position of (locate the enemy's camp).
2 tr. establish in a place or in its proper place.
3 tr. state the locality of.
4 tr. (in passive) be situated.
5 intr. (often foll. by in) US take up residence or business (in a place).

Derivative:
locatable adj. locator n.

Etymology:
L locare locat- f. locus place

VB  place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.