discover the exact place or position of:engineers were working to locate the fault
[with object and adverbial of place] situate in a particular place:these popular apartments are centrally located
[with object and adverbial] place within a particular context:they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation
[no object, with adverbial of place]North American establish oneself or one’s business in a specified place:his marketing strategy has been to locate in small towns
