to identify or discover the place or location of

to locate the bullet wound.

to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle

to locate our European office in Paris.

to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion

Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.

to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.

to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.

verb

lose , miss , depart , leave , move

verb

come across , come upon , detect , determine , discover , establish , ferret out * , get at , happen upon , hit upon , hook * , lay one’s hands on , light upon , meet with , pick up on , pin down , pinpoint , place , position , read , search out , smell out , smoke out , spot , station , strike , stumble on , track down , trip over , uncover , unearth , zero in on , dig in , dispose , dwell , fix , hang one’s hat , inhabit , park , put , reside , seat , set , situate , squat , stand , emplace , install , site , espy , find , see , settle , trace