lo·cate /ˈloˌket, loˈ/
 (vt.)查找…的地點;使…坐落于,位於(vi.)居住下來,定居
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 Lo·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.]
 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
    The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.   --B. F. Westcott.
 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.
    That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located.   --H. Spencer.
 Lo·cate, v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [Colloq.]
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 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: 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]
      3: assign a location to; "The company located some of their
         agents in Los Angeles" [syn: place, site]
      4: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants
         settled in the Midwest" [syn: settle]