usage: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target"
Verb
1. locate, turn up, find, regain
usage: 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"
usage: 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. locate, place, site, station, post, send, place
usage: assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
4. settle, locate
usage: take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"