Verb
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"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"3. assign a location to;
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"4. take up residence and become established;
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"