Verb

(locat)

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.}}

To find out where something is located.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng

, volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.}}

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The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.

To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate' a public building; to '''locate''' a mining claim; to '''locate (the land granted by) a land warrant (''Note : the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.)

* (Herbert Spencer)

That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located .

(colloquial) To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.(intransitive)

Verb

(localiz)

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country or region and, if necessary, ensuring support of different character sets.

We need to localize our software for the Japanese market.