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1. The act of putting something in a certain place
   - placement, location, position, positioning, emplacement
    
2. A determination of the place where something is
   - localization, localisation [Brit], location, fix

1. Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
   "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?";
   - turn up
    
2. Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
   "Locate the boundaries of the property"; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space";
   - situate
    
3. Assign a location to
   "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles";
   - place, site
    
4. Take up residence and become established
   "The immigrants located in the Midwest";
   - settle

Type of: activity, ascertain, determination, determine, find, find out, finding, place, post, regain, send, station

Encyclopedia: Locating