<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.</li><li>to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.</li><li>to assign or ascribe a particular location to (something), as by knowledge or opinion: Some scholars locate the Garden of Eden in Babylonia.</li><li>to survey and enter a claim to a tract of land; take possession of land.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>to establish one's business or residence in a place; settle.</li></ul></li></ul>