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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  locating \locating\ n.
     1. the act of putting something in a certain place or
        location.
  
     Syn: location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement,
          situating.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a determination of the location of something.
  
     Syn: localization, localisation, location, fix.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
              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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  locating
       n 1: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
            [syn: placement, location, position, positioning,
             emplacement]
       2: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
          fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location,
           fix]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  locating
     vb.
     (present participle of en locate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  locating
     vb.
     (present participle of en locate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  locating
     vb.
     (present participle of en locate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  locating
     vb.
     (present participle of en locate nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  locating
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm l ocat ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  locating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en locate ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb locate)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Locating /ləʊkˈeɪtɪŋ/
  تحديد مكان

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  locating /ləʊkˈeɪtɪŋ/ 
  lokalizující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  locating /ləʊkˈeɪtɪŋ/ 
  lokalizování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  locating /ləʊkˈeɪtɪŋ/ 
  vyhledávání