locate UK /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪt/US /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/ verb4 •to find the place where someone or something isI really can't locate the sever files. •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. — 1881 •(informal) To place oneself; to take up one's residence; to settle. •To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)The council must locate the new hospital.to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant formslocated · locating · locates · locateth