Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining:
— Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?.

synoniem: turn up.

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.

synoniem: situate.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant etc. (insert) 300; shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit^†; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in.    billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag.    inhabit etc. (be present) 186; domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher [Fr.], bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house.    endenizen^†, naturalize, adopt.    put back, replace etc. (restore) 660.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: situeren

Assign a location to:
— The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles.

synoniemen: place, site.

Take up residence and become established.

synoniem: settle.

Nederlands: neerstrijken, vestigen