locating Definition

locate
verb located, locating

1. To set in a particular place or position.
2. To find the exact position of something or someone.

Thesaurus: find, detect, discover, pinpoint, place, track down, fix.
3. To establish something in its proper place or position.
4. To describe or state the position of something.
(originally N Amer)
intr
5. To become settled in business or residence in an area.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin locare, locatum.