Overview of noun locating

The noun locating has 2 senses

• placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)


• localization, localisation, location, locating, fix -- (a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target")

Overview of verb locate

The verb locate has 4 senses

• locate, turn up -- (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")


• situate, locate -- (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")


• locate, place, site -- (assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles")


• settle, locate -- (take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest")